refel

[ ri-fel ]

verb (used with object)

, Obsolete.

, re·felled, re·fel·ling.

1. to refute or disprove.

Word History and Origins

Origin of refel¹

1520–30; < Latin refellere, equivalent to re- re- + -fellere (combining form of fallere to deceive)

Example Sentences

Phoebus had herbs to heal all hurts but this passion; Circes had charms for all chances but for affection, and Mercury subtle reasons to refel all griefs but love.

From Project Gutenberg

Final ll is peculiar to monosyllables and their compounds, with the few derivatives formed from such roots by prefixes; consequently, all other words that end in l, must be terminated with a single l: as, cabal, logical, appal, excel, rebel, refel, dispel, extol, control, mogul, jackal, rascal, damsel, handsel, tinsel, tendril, tranquil, gambol, consul.

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For Mr. Denne, I suppose they count him none of themselves, though both he, and Mr. Lamb, like to like, are brought for authors and abetters of their practice, and to refel my peaceable principle.

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But this helps Herodotus to refel the crime with which he is charged, of having flattered the Athenians for a great sum of money he received of them.

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