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elenchizing

elenchizing is the present participle and gerund of elenchize.

Meaning of elenchize

Verb

elenchize (third-person singular simple present elenchizes, present participle elenchizing, simple past and past participle elenchized)

  1. (archaic) To dispute.
    • Or syllogize, elenchize1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify...
  2. (archaic) To argue by elenchus, leading one's opponent to the desired conclusion by agreement with a series of logical steps.

Questions about elenchizing

What is elenchizing the present participle and gerund of?
Elenchizing is the present participle and gerund of elenchize.

Words near elenchizing in the dictionary

  1. elenchid
  2. elenchids
  3. elenchize
  4. elenchized
  5. elenchizes
  6. elenchizing
  7. elenchs
  8. elenchtic
  9. elenchtical
  10. elenchus
  11. elenctic

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