HyperDic: confute

English > 1 sense of the word confute:
VERBcognitionconfute, disproveprove to be false
English > confute: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
Meaningprove to be false.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonymdisprove
Narrowerexplodeshow (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
falsifyprove false
refute, rebut, controvertprove to be false / false or incorrect
Broadernegate, contradictprove negative
Oppositeprove, demonstrate, establish, show, shewEstablish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment / experiment
Spanishrefutar
Adjectivesconfutativeable to be refuted
Nounsconfutationevidence that refutes conclusively
confutationthe speech act of refuting conclusively
confutera debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument

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