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单词 confute
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confute


con·fute

C0565500 (kən-fyo͞ot′)tr.v. con·fut·ed, con·fut·ing, con·futes 1. To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively.2. Obsolete To confound.
[Latin cōnfūtāre; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]
con·fut′a·ble adj.con·fu′ta·tive (kən-fyo͞o′tə-tĭv) adj.con·fut′er n.

confute

(kənˈfjuːt) vb (tr) 1. to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove2. obsolete to put an end to[C16: from Latin confūtāre to check, silence] conˈfutable adj confutation n conˈfutative adj conˈfuter n

con•fute

(kənˈfyut)

v.t. -fut•ed, -fut•ing. 1. to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument. 2. to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof. 3. Obs. to bring to naught; confound. [1520–30; < Latin confūtāre to abash, silence, refute] con•fut′a•ble, adj. con•fut′er, n.

confute


Past participle: confuted
Gerund: confuting
Imperative
confute
confute
Present
I confute
you confute
he/she/it confutes
we confute
you confute
they confute
Preterite
I confuted
you confuted
he/she/it confuted
we confuted
you confuted
they confuted
Present Continuous
I am confuting
you are confuting
he/she/it is confuting
we are confuting
you are confuting
they are confuting
Present Perfect
I have confuted
you have confuted
he/she/it has confuted
we have confuted
you have confuted
they have confuted
Past Continuous
I was confuting
you were confuting
he/she/it was confuting
we were confuting
you were confuting
they were confuting
Past Perfect
I had confuted
you had confuted
he/she/it had confuted
we had confuted
you had confuted
they had confuted
Future
I will confute
you will confute
he/she/it will confute
we will confute
you will confute
they will confute
Future Perfect
I will have confuted
you will have confuted
he/she/it will have confuted
we will have confuted
you will have confuted
they will have confuted
Future Continuous
I will be confuting
you will be confuting
he/she/it will be confuting
we will be confuting
you will be confuting
they will be confuting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been confuting
you have been confuting
he/she/it has been confuting
we have been confuting
you have been confuting
they have been confuting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been confuting
you will have been confuting
he/she/it will have been confuting
we will have been confuting
you will have been confuting
they will have been confuting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been confuting
you had been confuting
he/she/it had been confuting
we had been confuting
you had been confuting
they had been confuting
Conditional
I would confute
you would confute
he/she/it would confute
we would confute
you would confute
they would confute
Past Conditional
I would have confuted
you would have confuted
he/she/it would have confuted
we would have confuted
you would have confuted
they would have confuted
Thesaurus
Verb1.confute - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"disproveexplode - show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsoletenegate, contradict - prove negative; show to be falsecontrovert, rebut, refute - prove to be false or incorrectfalsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim"

confute

verbTo prove or show to be false:belie, discredit, disprove, rebut, refute.
Translations

confute


  • verb

Synonyms for confute

verb to prove or show to be false

Synonyms

  • belie
  • discredit
  • disprove
  • rebut
  • refute

Synonyms for confute

verb prove to be false

Synonyms

  • disprove

Related Words

  • explode
  • negate
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • rebut
  • refute
  • falsify
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