单词 | refute |
释义 | refute —refutable /ri fyooh"teuh beuhl, ref"yeuh teuh-/, adj. —refutability, n. —refutably, adv. —refuter, n. /ri fyooht"/, v.t., refuted, refuting. 1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. 2. to prove (a person) to be in error. [1505-15; < L refutare to check, suppress, refute, rebut, equiv. to re- RE- + -futare presumably, "to beat" (attested only with the prefixes con- and re-; cf. CONFUTE)] Syn. 1. disprove, rebut. 1, 2. confute. |
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