To maintain by a fallacious argument or sophistry.

noun. A man of learning; a teacher; specifically, a professional teacher of philosophy; a sophist.

noun. A sophist; a quibbler; a subtle and fallacious reasoner.

noun. In English universities, a student advanced beyond the first year of his residence, now generally called a soph.

transitive verb. To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.

noun. A sophist. See sophist.

noun. A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.

noun. a sophist

"In the third year of his residence the student of the liberal arts was allowed to become a "sophister," and to take part in logical disputations."

aed  compounder  depredator  deviser  dog  

sophist