{"def":{"short":"to confute, admonish","long":["to convict, refute, confute",["generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted","by conviction to bring to the light, to expose"],"to find fault with, correct",["by word",["to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove","to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation"],"by deed",["to chasten, to punish"]]]},"deriv":"of uncertain affinity","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛˈlɛŋ.xo","ipa_mod":"e̞ˈle̞ŋ.xow","sbl":"elenchō","dic":"eh-LENG-hoh","dic_mod":"ay-LAYNG-hoh"}}