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Definition of Irrefragable
1. a. Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.
Definition of Irrefragable
1. Adjective. Which cannot be refuted; indisputable, clearly right, incontrovertible. ¹
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Definition of Irrefragable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrefragable
Literary usage of Irrefragable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Hut a paradox which looks like it at first sight is absolutely irrefragable.
A man who owes a dollar starts by paying half a dollar, and every day ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... as irrefragable and peevish on the other side ; Narcissus-like, 1" Multi ilium
juvenes, multae petiere ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... testimony could exist ; the presence of falsehood predominating among the
prosecutor's witnesses was an irrefragable proof of a malicious prosecution. ..."
4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... as irrefragable and peevish on the other side ; Narcissus-like, 1 " Multi
ilium juvenes, ... irrefragable ..."
5. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed (1843)
"... which event as infallible, and reason as irrefragable, Christ himself did shew
at the same time when he stood before Matt. xxvi. the judgment-seat, ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... irrefragable Doctor. Alexander Hales, ал English friar, founder of the scholastic
theology (thirteenth century). Irrelevant is not to relieve, ..."
7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"Ballantynes, and as an irrefragable argument against the aspersions cast upon
their memory by Mr. Lockhart. ..."
8. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Hut a paradox which looks like it at first sight is absolutely irrefragable.
A man who owes a dollar starts by paying half a dollar, and every day ..."
9. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... as irrefragable and peevish on the other side ; Narcissus-like, 1" Multi ilium
juvenes, multae petiere ..."
10. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... testimony could exist ; the presence of falsehood predominating among the
prosecutor's witnesses was an irrefragable proof of a malicious prosecution. ..."
11. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... as irrefragable and peevish on the other side ; Narcissus-like, 1 " Multi
ilium juvenes, ... irrefragable ..."
12. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed (1843)
"... which event as infallible, and reason as irrefragable, Christ himself did shew
at the same time when he stood before Matt. xxvi. the judgment-seat, ..."
13. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... irrefragable Doctor. Alexander Hales, ал English friar, founder of the scholastic
theology (thirteenth century). Irrelevant is not to relieve, ..."
14. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"Ballantynes, and as an irrefragable argument against the aspersions cast upon
their memory by Mr. Lockhart. ..."
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