Definition of confute

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Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

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Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
Confutant :: Confutant (n.) One who undertakes to confute.
Confuter :: Confuter (n.) One who confutes or disproves.
Convince :: Convince (v. t.) To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false..
Disprove :: Disprove (v. t.) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Confutement :: Confutement (n.) Confutation.
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..
Redargue :: Redargue (v. t.) To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
Confuted :: Confuted (imp. & p. p.) of Confut.
Convincible :: Convincible (a.) Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable.
Confutable :: Confutable (a.) That may be confuted.
Reason :: Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
Confutative :: Confutative (a.) Adapted or designed to confute.
Disprover :: Disprover (n.) One who disproves or confutes.
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