Usually means: Refutation method used in dialectic.
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  1. elench: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. elench: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. elench: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  9. elench: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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noun:  (logic) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
noun:  (obsolete) A specious argument; a sophism.

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