n. [ OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie. ] 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. [ 1913 Webster ]

The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Fallacy. [ 1913 Webster ]