Apagoge

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apagoge \Ap`a*go"ge\, n. [Gr. ? a leading away, fr. ? to lead
     away; ? from + ? to lead.] (Logic)
     An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the
     impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
     [1913 Webster] Apagogic