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irrefragable

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ir·ref·ra·ga·ble  (-rfr-g-bl)
adj.
Impossible to refute or controvert; indisputable: irrefragable evidence.
[Late Latin irrefrgbilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin refrgr, to oppose, resist; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
ir·refra·ga·bili·ty n.
ir·refra·ga·bly adv.
irrefragable [ɪˈrɛfrəgəbəl]
adj
not able to be denied or refuted; indisputable
[from Late Latin irrefrāgābilis, from Latin ir- + refrāgārī to resist, thwart]
irrefragability , irrefragableness n
irrefragably  adv
Translations
irrefragable
adj (form) → unwiderlegbar
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La Fontaine, however, was declared conqueror, on account of his profound erudition and his irrefragable logic.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Tulliver was in his principle that water was water, and in the direct inference that Pivart had not a leg to stand on in this affair of irrigation, he had an uncomfortable suspicion that Wakem had more law to show against this (rationally) irrefragable inference than Gore could show for it.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
We have had, and may still have, worse things to tell of him; but none, we apprehend, so pitiably weak; no evidence, at once so slight and irrefragable, of a subtle disease that had long since begun to eat into the real substance of his character.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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