Definition of Elenchs

1. Noun. (plural of elench) ¹

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Definition of Elenchs

1. elench [n] - See also: elench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elenchs

elementoid
elements
elemi
elemicin
elemin
elemis
elench
elenchi
elenchic
elenchical
elenchically
elenchize
elenchized
elenchizes
elenchizing
elenchs (current term)
elenchtic
elenchus
elenctic
elengeness
eleo-
eleoma
eleometer
eleopathy
eleoptene
eleoptenes
eleostearic acid
eleotherapy
elephant
elephant's

Literary usage of Elenchs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1825)
"The Doctrine of elenchs . .188 7. It is for caution to detect fallacies. /» tin more gross sorts of fallacies it happeneth, as Seneca maketh the comparison ..."

2. Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy by George Lillie Craik (1860)
"Of these last there are enumerated three species;—elenchs of Sophisms, ... and elenchs of Images or Idols. The last only, as connected with the profoundest ..."

3. Masterpieces in English Literature, & Lessons in the English Language by Homer Baxter Sprague (1874)
"But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise, I skill not. ... elenchs (Lat. elenchus, from the Gr. e'Ae-y,\oc, confutation), tricky arguments, ..."

4. The Plays of Philip Massinger: In Four Volumes by Philip Massinger (1813)
"she will have her elenchs* To cut off any fallacy I can hope To put upon her, and expect I should Ever conclude in syllogisms, and those true ones ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"Wood quotes the stanza Griffith Powell, for the honour of his nation, Wrote a book of Demonstration; But having little else todo He wrote a book of elenchs ..."

6. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall (1895)
"elenchs Were not taught even at Paris till this date, but that is surely impossible. See above, vol. I. p. 434. As to his Doctorate, ace the I.etter of the ..."

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