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ἐλέγχω to disgrace, put to shame, μῦθον ἐλ. to treat a speech with contempt, Il.; ἐλ. τινά to put one to shame, Od. to cross-examine, question, for the purpose of disproving or reproving, to censure, accuse, Hdt., Attic; c. acc. et inf. to accuse one of doing, Eur.:—Pass. to be convicted, Hdt., Xen., etc. of arguments, to bring to the proof, to disprove, confute, Aesch., Dem.:—absol. to bring convincing proof, Hdt.: then generally to prove, Lat. arguere, Thuc.

ShortDef

cross-examine; put to the test; prove; refute

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Headword:

ἐλέγχω

Headword (normalized):

ἐλέγχω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ελεγχω

IDX:

10519

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n10522

Key:

e)le/gxw

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