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redargution
redargution Now rare. (rɛdɑːˈgjuːʃən) [a. OF. redargucion, -tion (12th c. in Godef.), ad. L. redargūtiōn-em, f. redarguĕre: see prec.] † 1. Reproof, reprehension (of a person, an action, etc.). Obs. (Common in 17th c.)1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 435/2 He sheweth hymself worthy of redargucion or rebuke. 1...
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redarguate
† redarguate, v. Obs. rare—0. [irreg. f. L. redarguĕre: see next.] ‘To reprove’ (Cockeram 1623). So † redarguation = redargution.c 1485 Digby Myst. ii. 47 To persue all tho that do reprobacion A-gayns owur lawes by ony redarguacion. 1721 Bailey, Redarguation, a disproving or confuting.
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John Abbot register of the Prerogative Office had deserted his trust (1648)
Of a free trade (1648)
A letter of due censure, and redargution [sic] to Lieut
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redargutory
† reˈdargutory, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. type *redargūtōrius: see redargue and -ory.] Pertaining to refutation or reproof.1634 T. Carew Cœlum Brit. Wks. (1824) 154 My privileges are an ubiquitary,..interrogatory, redargutory immunity over all the privy lodgings. 1650 Let. Cens. & Redargution Lieut.-Col...
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fallace
▪ I. † faˈllace, n. Obs. Forms: 4–5 fallas, 5 falace, 4–7 fallace. [a. F. fallace, ad. L. fallācia, f. fallax: see next.] 1. Deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness; an instance of the same; = fallacy 1, 2.a 1300 Cursor M. 3664 (Cott.) If mi fader þat es now blind Mai mi fallace oght vnderfind...
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surreption
▪ I. surreption1 (səˈrɛpʃən) Also 5 -tyon, 5–7 -cion, etc. [ad. L. surreptio, -ōnem, n. of action f. surripĕre to seize or take away secretly, purloin, (in the Vulgate) to make false suggestions, f. sur- = sub- 25 + rapĕre to seize. Cf. OF. surreption, and subreption1.] † 1. Suppression of truth or ...
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unheart
unˈheart, v. [un-2 4. Cf. MDu. ontherten, MHG. and G. entherzen.] trans. To deprive of heart; to dishearten. Also unˈhearted ppl. a.1593 Pass. Morrice (1876) 76 My..sences gon, my bodie haue vnharted: so that I liue aliue, as being dead. 1607 Shakes. Cor. v. i. 49 Yet to bite his lip, And humme at g...
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elicit
▪ I. † elicit, a. Philos. Obs. (ɪˈlɪsɪt) [ad. L. ēlicitus, pa. pple. of ēlicĕre to draw forth.] Of an act: Evolved immediately from an active power or quality; opposed to imperate. The ‘elicit acts’ of the will are its internal acts (i.e. the volitions themselves); its ‘imperate acts’ are the extern...
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advocateship
advocateship (ˈædvəkət-ʃɪp) [f. advocate n. + -ship.] The office of an advocate: i.e. 1. of an intercessor; intercession, pleading, advocacy.a 1568 Coverdale Christ's Cross ix. Wks. III. 260 Christ's mediation, intercession and advocateship. 1656 Hardy Serm. xx. (1865) 125/2 The advocateship of Chri...
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bulke
▪ I. bulk, n.1 (bʌlk) Forms: 5 bolk(e, 5–7 bulke, 6 bulcke, boulke, bowlke, (5–6, 9 Sc. bowk, see bouk), 7 bulck, (boak), 6– bulk. [Of complicated etymology. The coincidence in meaning with ON. *bulki, Icel. b{uacu}lki ‘heap, cargo of a ship’ (Vigf.), Da. bulk lump, clod (cf. mod.Icel. b{uacu}lka-st...
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