*fraga*

n. The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. irréfragable, L. irrefragabilis. See Refragable. ] Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; irrefutable; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly, adv.

Syn. -- Incontrovertible; unanswerable; indisputable; unquestionable; incontestable; indubitable; undeniable; irrefutable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. refragabilis, fr. L. refragari to oppose. ] Capable of being refuted; refutable. [ R. ] -- Ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. [R.] -- Ref`ra*ga*bil"i*ty n. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. refragatus, p. p. of refragor. ] To oppose. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage. ] (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Saxifrage. ] Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [ R. ] -- n. That which breaks or destroys stones. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Septum + L. frangere, fractum, to break. ] (Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p. pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See Suffrage. ] Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See Suffragan, a. ] 1. An assistant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a suffragan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Suffragan. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Suffragated p. pr. & vb. n. Suffragating. ] [ L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See Suffragan, a. ] To vote or vote with. [ Obs. ] “Suffragating tribes.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]