"redargue" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈdɑːɡjuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹəˈdɑɹɡju/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redargue.wav [Southern-England] Forms: redargues [present, singular, third-person], redarguing [participle, present], redargued [participle, past], redargued [past]
Etymology: From Late Middle English redarguen, redargue (“to defeat (someone) in an argument; to rebuke, reprove”), from Middle French redarguer and Old French redargüer (“to disprove, refute; to accuse, blame; to rebuke, reprove”) (modern French rédarguer), and from their etymon Latin redarguere (“to disprove, refute”) (compare Late Latin redarguere (“to rebuke, reprove”)), the present active infinitive of redarguō (“to disprove, refute; to contradict”), from red- (a variant of re- (prefix meaning ‘again’)) + arguō (“to assert, declare; to clarify, make plain; to prove, show; to accuse, charge with; to censure, rebuke, reprove; to blame; to denounce as false”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“argent, white; glittering”), in the sense of casting light on something to make it clear). Doublet of argue. cognates * Catalan redargüir * Italian redarguire * Old Occitan redarguir * Portuguese redargüir * Spanish redargüir Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|redarguen}} Middle English redarguen, {{m|enm|redargue|t=to defeat (someone) in an argument; to rebuke, reprove}} redargue (“to defeat (someone) in an argument; to rebuke, reprove”), {{der|en|frm|redarguer}} Middle French redarguer, {{der|en|fro|redargüer|t=to disprove, refute; to accuse, blame; to rebuke, reprove}} Old French redargüer (“to disprove, refute; to accuse, blame; to rebuke, reprove”), {{cog|fr|rédarguer}} French rédarguer, {{der|en|la|redarguere|t=to disprove, refute}} Latin redarguere (“to disprove, refute”), {{cog|LL.|redarguere|t=to rebuke, reprove}} Late Latin redarguere (“to rebuke, reprove”), {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|redarguō|t=to disprove, refute; to contradict}} redarguō (“to disprove, refute; to contradict”), {{m|la|red-}} red-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|re-|pos=prefix meaning ‘again’}} re- (prefix meaning ‘again’), {{m|la|arguō|t=to assert, declare; to clarify, make plain; to prove, show; to accuse, charge with; to censure, rebuke, reprove; to blame; to denounce as false}} arguō (“to assert, declare; to clarify, make plain; to prove, show; to accuse, charge with; to censure, rebuke, reprove; to blame; to denounce as false”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-|t=argent, white; glittering}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“argent, white; glittering”), {{doublet|en|argue}} Doublet of argue, {{cog|ca|redargüir}} Catalan redargüir, {{cog|it|redarguire}} Italian redarguire, {{cog|pro|redarguir}} Old Occitan redarguir, {{cog|pt|redargüir}} Portuguese redargüir, {{cog|es|redargüir}} Spanish redargüir Head templates: {{en-verb}} redargue (third-person singular simple present redargues, present participle redarguing, simple past and past participle redargued)
  1. (transitive)
    (obsolete except in Scots law)
    To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-redargue-en-verb-6zELuLs3
  2. (transitive)
    (obsolete except in Scots law)
    To rebut or refute (an argument, a proposition, etc.).
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Scots law Synonyms: counterargue
    Sense id: en-redargue-en-verb-gy1rMjrG
  3. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something).
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-redargue-en-verb-PZNKpDi0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 39 8 16
  4. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    (rare) To argue (a case, proposition, etc.) against someone.
    Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-redargue-en-verb-BF7yq-w2
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To present a disproof or refutation of an argument, a person, etc. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-redargue-en-verb-Fk5dnQ9r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: redarguing [archaic, noun] Related terms: argue, redargution [obsolete], redargutive [archaic, rare], redargutory [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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        "Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something)."
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "redargüir"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese redargüir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "redargüir"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish redargüir",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Middle English redarguen, redargue (“to defeat (someone) in an argument; to rebuke, reprove”), from Middle French redarguer and Old French redargüer (“to disprove, refute; to accuse, blame; to rebuke, reprove”) (modern French rédarguer), and from their etymon Latin redarguere (“to disprove, refute”) (compare Late Latin redarguere (“to rebuke, reprove”)), the present active infinitive of redarguō (“to disprove, refute; to contradict”), from red- (a variant of re- (prefix meaning ‘again’)) + arguō (“to assert, declare; to clarify, make plain; to prove, show; to accuse, charge with; to censure, rebuke, reprove; to blame; to denounce as false”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“argent, white; glittering”), in the sense of casting light on something to make it clear). Doublet of argue.\ncognates\n* Catalan redargüir\n* Italian redarguire\n* Old Occitan redarguir\n* Portuguese redargüir\n* Spanish redargüir",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redargues",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redarguing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redargued",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redargued",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "redargue (third-person singular simple present redargues, present participle redarguing, simple past and past participle redargued)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "red‧ar‧gue"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "argue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "redargution"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "redargutive"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "redargutory"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Scots law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disprove",
          "disprove"
        ],
        [
          "refute",
          "refute"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete except in Scots law",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete except in Scots law)",
        "To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Scots law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rebut or refute (an argument, a proposition, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rebut",
          "rebut"
        ],
        [
          "refute",
          "refute"
        ],
        [
          "proposition",
          "proposition#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete except in Scots law",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete except in Scots law)",
        "To rebut or refute (an argument, a proposition, etc.)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "counterargue"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "censure",
          "censure#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rebuke",
          "rebuke"
        ],
        [
          "reprove",
          "reprove"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To argue (a case, proposition, etc.) against someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "(rare) To argue (a case, proposition, etc.) against someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To present a disproof or refutation of an argument, a person, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "present",
          "present#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "disproof",
          "disproof"
        ],
        [
          "refutation",
          "refutation"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To present a disproof or refutation of an argument, a person, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈdɑːɡjuː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹəˈdɑɹɡju/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-redargue.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-redargue.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "redargue"
}

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