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to confute
01
to prove something or someone wrong or false through evidence or argumentation
Transitive: to confute a claim or belief
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
confute
3rd person singular
confutes
Present participle
confuting
Past simple
confuted
Past participle
confuted
Examples
The scientist confuted the flawed hypothesis with rigorous experimentation.
Lexical Tree
confutable
confutative
confuter
confute
