redargue

[ ri-dahr-gyoo ]
/ rɪˈdɑr gyu /

verb (used with object), red·ar·gued, red·ar·gu·ing. Archaic.

to prove wrong or invalid; disprove; refute.

Origin of redargue

1350–1400; Middle English redarguen to rebuke (< Old French redargüer) < Latin redarguere, equivalent to red- red- + arguere to argue

OTHER WORDS FROM redargue

red·ar·gu·tion, noun