Definition of refute

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Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant..

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Unanswered :: Unanswered (a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument..
Refragable :: Refragable (a.) Capable of being refuted; refutable.
Refutable :: Refutable (a.) Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
Refutation :: Refutation (n.) The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof..
Irrefragability :: Irrefragability (n.) The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.
Reprove :: Reprove (v. t.) To disprove; to refute.
Answer :: Answer (n.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute..
Refuter :: Refuter (n.) One who, or that which, refutes..
Elench :: Elench (n.) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
Redargue :: Redargue (v. t.) To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
Revince :: Revince (v. t.) To overcome; to refute, as error..
Irrefutable :: Irrefutable (a.) Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.
Elenctical :: Elenctical (a.) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic..
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
Refute :: Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant..
Unreason :: Unreason (v. t.) To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning..
Refel :: Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister..
Refutatory :: Refutatory (a.) Tending tu refute; refuting.
Refuted :: Refuted (imp. & p. p.) of Refut.
Derain :: Derain (v. t.) To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self).
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