Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Refuting; defeating: applied to certain dialogues of Plato.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's
refutative dialogues.
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- adjective
rebutting ;overthrowing ;defeating ; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek fitted for checking.
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I guess the most obvious question is, "what the heck does anatreptic mean?"
UNCoRRELATED 2008
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I guess the most obvious question is, "what the heck does anatreptic mean?"
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I guess the most obvious question is, "what the heck does anatreptic mean?"
BackyardConservative 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word anatreptic
JM is suffering from anatreptic shock
August 13, 2010