单词 | confutation |
释义 | confutation —confutative /keuhn fyooh"teuh tiv/, adj. /kon'fyoo tay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of confuting. 2. something that confutes. 3. Class. Oratory. the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation. [1425-75; late ME confutacioun ( < MF) < L confutation- (s. of confutatio), equiv. to confutat(us) silenced (ptp. of confutare; see CONFUTE, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] |
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