REFEL

Etymology

Verb

refel (third-person singular simple present refels, present participle refelling, simple past and past participle refelled)

(obsolete, transitive) To refute, disprove (an argument); to confute (someone).

Anagrams

• Freel, fleer

Source: Wiktionary


Re*fel" (r*fl"), v. t. Etym: [L. refellere; pref. re- re- + fallere to deceive.]

Definition: To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. [Obs.] How he refelled me, and how I replied. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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