Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Elenctic · E·lenc·tic · IPA /əˈlɛŋk.tɪk/ 01 a. Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic. 1. Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.(Logic)