单词 | refuting |
释义 | refutingn. The action or an act of proving wrong; = refutation n. 1. Also: (in later use) the action or an act of repudiating. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] gainsayingc1330 assoilinga1382 improvingc1443 unprovingc1449 lancing1470 redarguation?c1500 confutationa1530 redargution1529 reproof1529 confusion1530 disproof1531 reprehension1531 reproving1535 refutation?1536 improbation1556 refuting1563 disproving1587 conviction1593 infringement1593 refutal1599 gainsay1602 eviction1606 convincement1612 disproval1614 confutinga1617 improof1641 confutement1645 confute1646 refute1646 disprovement1662 reviction1677 invalidatinga1716 invalidation1771 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 disconfirmation1937 1563 A. Brooke Agreem. Sondry Places Script. lvi. 147 Wee oughte not to tarye aboute the refutyng of thys monstruous opynion. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 239 In the refuting of which impure and unchaste proviso..I trust the reader will bear with me. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 33 I now send..my answer to such of their objections, that seeme worth the refuting. ?a1764 W. Rider New Hist. Eng. XII. 129 Mr. Carte's reasonings are so very weak and inconclusive, that they are hardly worth the refuting. 1833 R. Blakey Hist. Moral Sci. v. 90 An opportunity of calling in question the orthodoxy of his opinions, and the utility of his writings, so far as the refuting of sceptics was concerned. 1876 J. W. V. Macbeth Might & Mirth of Lit. xxi. 438 Procatalepsis, is the presupposing of the adversary's arguments, and the refuting of them beforehand. 1915 O. G. Villard Germany Embattled iv. 94 One of the first tasks would have to be the refuting of the long article. 2006 K. Allerfeldt Beyond Huddled Masses iii. 191 A refuting of the idea of external powers holding what amounted to self-governing, monopolistic fiefdoms within China. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563 |
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