Confute
/kənˈfjuːt/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute. archaic, transitive
"Procatalepsis is a forme of speech by which the Orator perceiving aforehand what might be objected against him, and hurt him, doth confute it before it be spoken […]."
- 2 prove to be false wordnet
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All antonymsExample
More examples"Procatalepsis is a forme of speech by which the Orator perceiving aforehand what might be objected against him, and hurt him, doth confute it before it be spoken […]."
Etymology
From Middle French confuter, from Latin confūtō.