† ergoteerv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To argue, wrangle.
Derivatives
ergoˈteerer n. a wrangler.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of
ergonist1593
ergo1597
subtilist1610
subtilizer1611
ob-and-soller1678
ergoteerer1687
splitter1699
ergotist1739
subtlist1829
straw-splitter1844
hair-splitter1851
pilpulist1859
ergoteur1881
1687 E. Stillingfleet Vindic. Answer Late Papers 104 They are a sort of Ergoteerers, who are for a Concedo rather than a Nego.
ergoˈteering n. wrangling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun]
pleac1275
distancec1325
stance14..
in controversyc1432
disceptation1447
disputation1489
disception1492
concertation1509
controversity1528
contending1561
fending and proving1583
digladiation?1591
bandying1599
contestation1602
controverting1610
wrangling1612
contesting1616
rixation1623
contestion1632
controversarya1635
contest1642
vitilitigation1647
ergoteering1687
sparring1755
hash1789
controversying1865
argle-bargle1872
wringle-wrangle1882
argy-bargy1887
polemicizing1948
va-et-vient1959
1687 E. Stillingfleet Vindic. Answer Late Papers 109 This Gentleman sets himself to Ergoteering.
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