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CONFUTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CONFUTE is to overwhelm in argument : refute conclusively. How to use confute in a sentence.
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CONFUTE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
to refute a statement is to demonstrate its falsity by argument or countervailing proof; confute is substantially the same in meaning, tho differing in usage.
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CONFUTE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument. to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof: to confute one's opponent.
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confute
▪ I. confute, v. (kənˈfjuːt) [16th c. ad. L. confūtā-re (or its F. ad. confuter, 16th c. in Littré) to check, repress, restrain, silence, refute, answer conclusively, f. con- intens. + a vb. stem -fūta-, occurring also in refūtāre, and prob. from same root as fundĕre (fud-) to pour out, overthrow, f...
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295 Synonyms & Antonyms for CONFUTE | Thesaurus.com
confute · blow sky-high · bring to naught · knock the props out (from under) · prove false · prove wrong · put down · set aside · shut up. Did You Know?
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confute - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
confute (third-person singular simple present confutes, present participle confuting, simple past and past participle confuted)
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confute
confute/kənˈfju:t; kən`fjut/ v[Tn](fml 文) prove (a person or an argument) to be wrong 证明(某人或某论点)有误; 驳倒.
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Confute - Websters Dictionary 1828
1. To disprove; to prove to be false, defective or invaled; to overthrow; as, to confute arguments, reasoning, theory, error.
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Confute - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
prove to be false. synonyms: disprove. see moresee less. types: explode. show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete.
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Synonyms of confute - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for CONFUTE: refute, disprove, discredit, overturn, rebut, challenge, falsify, confound; Antonyms of CONFUTE: prove, confirm, ...
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confute - VDict
confute ▷ · Confutation (noun): The act of proving something to be false. Example: "The confutation of the theory was met with resistance from some scholars.".
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confute - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
confūte n. Etymology, Cp. ME refūte & ML confugium. Definitions (Senses and Subsenses). 1. Refuge. Show 1 Quotation Hide 1 Quotation. Associated quotations.
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Richard Tillesley
He also attempted to confute Selden's distinction between 'divine natural law' and 'ecclesiastical or positive law,' but showed little appreciation of
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Alexander Carson (author)
In the early part of his independent career, while studying the New Testament in order to confute the Baptists, he became a Baptist himself, and advocated
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confutative
confutative, a. (kənˈfjuːtətɪv) [f. L. confūtāt- ppl. stem of confūtāre to confute + -ive.] Adapted to confute; tending to confutation.1641 J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 53 Right Application of Scripture..to a fivefold Use..Secondly, Elenchicall, or Confutative against error. 1742 Warburton Wks. (181...
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