refel

Jun. 10th, 2011 08:07 am
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refel (ri-FEL) - v., to refute, disprove, reject.


On the obscure side, this one -- possibly it survives in dictionaries to gloss Shakespeare's use. borrowed in the 1520s from (scholastic) Latin refellere, prove false, refute, from re- + fallere, deceive.

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