Confuter: alternatives and connections

One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

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One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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One who disproves or confutes.

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The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

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One who, or that which, refutes.

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