a. rare. [ad. assumed Gr. *ἀπαγωγικ-ός, f. ἀπαγωγή: see prec. and -IC.] Of or pertaining to apagoge, or reduction to absurdity.
1671. Phil. Trans., VI. 2261. The Theorems may be demonstrated by the Apagogick way, or by reduction ad absurdum.
