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单词 refutative
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refutativeadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈfjuːtətɪv/, /ˈrɛfjᵿtətɪv/, U.S. /rəˈfjudədɪv/, /riˈfjudədɪv/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin refutativus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin refutativus belonging to refutation (a1540) < classical Latin refūtāt- , past participial stem of refūtāre refute v. + -īvus -ive suffix.
Of or relating to refutation; that refutes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > tending to refute
rebutting1600
anasceuastical1607
anasceuastic1609
refragatory1618
convincing1624
confutative1641
refutative1652
anatreptic1656
confutatory1685
refutatorya1686
disprobative1823
improbatory1861
improbative1876
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 278 Proleptically, with the refutative Schemes of Anticipation and Subjection.
1739 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) IX. 184/1 To this preparatory therefore or refutative method may be referred the treatises of his first volume.
1843 Law Mag. Aug. 74 The cross-examination..was so searching and refutative, as to have carried conviction to the minds of that august and intelligent tribunal.
1863 A. S. Farrar Crit. Hist. Free Thought v. 209 These grand works are not simply refutative; they are indirectly instructive and didactic.
1927 Classical Jrnl. 22 253 The value of such a paper would be largely refutative.
1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 98 I believe serenely that no refutative elenchus..would be capable of invalidating the series of propositions we have presented.
2003 D. E. Cowan Bearing False Witness? xii. 210 To present simple, refutative arguments in a readily digestible..form.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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