anatreptic

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ANATREP'TIC, adjective [Gr. to overturn.] Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the dialogues of Plato, which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exercises.
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