a. Obs. Also 7 (incorrectly) elenchtical. [f. prec. + -AL.] Pertaining to elenchus, concerned with logical refutation.
1615. Sir E. Hoby, Curry-Combe for a Coxe-Combe, i. 70. His next Chapter is wholy Elenchticall.
1646. Wilkins, Ecclesiastes, § 2 (1656), 21 (T.). Elenchtical … which is usually called an Use of confutation.
1699. Burnet, 39 Art., vi. (1700), 87. In these Writings some parts are … Elenchtical or Argumentative.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
