Sophister definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SOPH'ISTER, n. [supra.] 1 ... fallaciously subtil; an artful but insidious logician; as an atheistical sophister. Not all the subtil objection of sophisters and rabbies against ... a fallacious argument. [Not in use.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sophister Soph"ist*er, n. 1. A sophist. See Sophist. [Obs ... called, junior sophisters and senior sophisters. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sophister Soph"ist*er, v. t. To maintain by sophistry, or ...
senior sophister definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Senior Sen"ior, n. 1 ... his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at ...
... disprove; to repress; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. [Little used.] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (refelled; refelling) Etymology ... refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. [Obs.] How he refelled me, and how I replied. --Shak ...
... questionist, rank and file, roturier, servitor, shopkeepers, sizar, small tradesmen, sophister, the lower cut, the other half, the third estate, toilers ...