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Webster 1913 Edition

Refel

Re-fel′

(r?-f?l′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
refellere
; pref.
re-
re- +
fallere
to deceive.]
To refute; to disprove;
as, to
refel
the tricks of a sophister
.
[Obs.]
How he
refelled
me, and how I replied.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Refel

REFEL'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. refello.] To refute; to disprove; to repress; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

refel

refel

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Verb

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

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

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Etymology

From Latin refellere, from re- + fallere ‎(“to deceive”).

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