Meanings
verbelenchize (third-person singular simple present elenchizes, present participle elenchizing, simple past and past participle elenchized)
present singular third person elenchizes · participle present elenchizing · participle past elenchized · past elenchized
- archaicTo dispute.
Or syllogize, elenchize
1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals) - archaicTo argue by elenchus, leading one's opponent to the desired conclusion by agreement with a series of logical steps.
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APA
elenchize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elenchize
MLA
“elenchize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elenchize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elenchize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elenchize.
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