coarguo

coarguō uī, —, ere

com- + arguo, to overwhelm with proof, refute, silence, expose, convict, prove guilty : refelli, coargui putat esse turpissimum: tot testibus coargui: Lentulum dissimulantem coarguunt sermonibus, S.: ut coram coarguebantur, fassi omnes, L.: aliquem avaritiae: commutati indicii. — To prove, demonstrate, show, establish, expose, refute : fuga laboris desidiam coarguit: crimen suspicionibus: improbitatem: Lacedaemoniorum tyrannidem, N.: quam (legem) usus coarguit, has proved injudicious , L.: domini aures, betrays , O.: Osos non esse Germanos, Ta.