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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sophister

· Soph·ist·er · IPA
01 n. A sophist. See Sophist.
  1. 1.
    A sophist. See Sophist.[Obs.] See: Sophist
  2. 2.
    A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.(Eng. Univ.)
02 v. t. To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.
  1. 1.
    To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.[Obs.]