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Disprove

//dɪsˈpɹuːv// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. transitive

    "disprove a theory"

  2. 2
    prove to be false wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.

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