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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 ncon•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
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I confute | you confute | he/she/it confutes | we confute | you confute | they confute |
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I confuted | you confuted | he/she/it confuted | we confuted | you confuted | they confuted |
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I am confuting | you are confuting | he/she/it is confuting | we are confuting | you are confuting | they are confuting |
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I have confuted | you have confuted | he/she/it has confuted | we have confuted | you have confuted | they have confuted |
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I was confuting | you were confuting | he/she/it was confuting | we were confuting | you were confuting | they were confuting |
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I had confuted | you had confuted | he/she/it had confuted | we had confuted | you had confuted | they had confuted |
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I will confute | you will confute | he/she/it will confute | we will confute | you will confute | they will confute |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would confute | you would confute | he/she/it would confute | we would confute | you would confute | they would confute |
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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 | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | 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" |
confuteverbTo prove or show to be false:belie, discredit, disprove, rebut, refute.Translationsconfute
Synonyms for confuteverb to prove or show to be falseSynonyms- belie
- discredit
- disprove
- rebut
- refute
Synonyms for confuteverb prove to be falseSynonymsRelated Words- explode
- negate
- contradict
- controvert
- rebut
- refute
- falsify
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