redargue

redargue
redargution, n.
/ri dahr"gyooh/, v.t., redargued, redarguing. Archaic.
to prove wrong or invalid; disprove; refute.
[1350-1400; ME redarguen to rebuke ( < OF redargüer) < L redarguere, equiv. to red- RED- + arguere to ARGUE]

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