n.;
a. Pertaining to an elench. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By means of an elench. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To dispute. [ R. ] B. Jonson.
‖n. [ L. ] Same as Elench.
a. [ Cf. AS. ellende foreign, strange, G. elend miserable. ] Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Loneliness; misery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]