† refragatoryadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin refragāt- , refragārī , -ory suffix².

Etymology: < classical Latin refragāt-, past participial stem of refragārī refragate v. + -ory suffix².

Obsolete. rare.

Inclined to controvert or refute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > tending to refute

rebutting1600

anasceuastical1607

anasceuastic1609

refragatory1618

convincing1624

confutative1641

refutative1652

anatreptic1656

confutatory1685

refutatorya1686

disprobative1823

improbatory1861

improbative1876

1618 G. Abbott Let. Jan. in A. Milton Brit. Delegation & Synod of Dort (2005) i. 27 The cause of the Kings Conference was not to decree and stablish any thing which was unsettled; but to heare the objections of some refragatory persons against that which was stablished.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. To Rdr. 45 As to the severer sort of the High-Church Aristarchi, I shall not be very Refragatory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	refragatory
释义	† refragatoryadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin refragāt- , refragārī , -ory suffix². Etymology: < classical Latin refragāt-, past participial stem of refragārī refragate v. + -ory suffix². Obsolete. rare. Inclined to controvert or refute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > tending to refute rebutting1600 anasceuastical1607 anasceuastic1609 refragatory1618 convincing1624 confutative1641 refutative1652 anatreptic1656 confutatory1685 refutatorya1686 disprobative1823 improbatory1861 improbative1876 1618 G. Abbott Let. Jan. in A. Milton Brit. Delegation & Synod of Dort (2005) i. 27 The cause of the Kings Conference was not to decree and stablish any thing which was unsettled; but to heare the objections of some refragatory persons against that which was stablished. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. To Rdr. 45 As to the severer sort of the High-Church Aristarchi, I shall not be very Refragatory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1618
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