to refute; to disprove; to confute
• (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister.
Re·fel' transitive verb [ Latin refellere ; prefix re- re- + fallere to deceive.] To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. [ Obsolete] « How he refelled me, and how I replied.» Shak.