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refute
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I knew that he was lying but I had no evidence with which to refute his story. ▪ Several scientists have attempted to refute Moore's theories. ▪ The accusation has been wholly refuted by an in-depth analysis of the evidence. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: rebut ] prove to be false or incorrect [syn: rebut , controvert ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refute \Re*fute"\ (r?*F3t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refuted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Refuting .] [F. r['e]futer, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. Confute , Refuse to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. 2 (context transitive English) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
Usage examples of refute.
Catholics, are popular superstitions, envy, calumnies, backbiting, insinuations, and the like, which, being neither punished nor refuted, stir up suspicion of witchcraft.
She went on to explain how medical experts had refuted the allegations made in court and, both there and at the Australian government hearing, had given Montayne a clean bill.
The various passages yet unnoticed which purport to have been uttered by Jehovah or at his command, and which are urged to show that the reality of a retributive life after death is a revealed doctrine of the Old Testament, will be found, upon critical examination, either to owe their entire relevant force to mistranslation, or to be fairly refuted by the reasonings already advanced.
But we hope that this will suffice to refute those who either deny altogether that there are such transvections, or try to maintain that they are only imaginary or phantastical.
Lucia refuted from behind us, in the small, unconvertible bench she insisted upon taking.
Joan had dozens of ungranted wishes to refute the legend, but nonetheless, in honor of the holiday, she decided to try one more.
Vives wrote a special tract to refute the arguments of the Anabaptists on communism.
Catholics, are popular superstitions, envy, calumnies, backbiting, insinuations, and the like, which, being neither punished nor refuted, stir up suspicion of witchcraft.
In after times these may be told, and the life of Fanny Derham be presented as a useful lesson, at once to teach what goodness and genius can achieve in palliating the woes of life, and to encourage those, who would in any way imitate her, by an example of calumny refuted by patience, errors rectified by charity, and the passions of our nature purified and ennobled by an underviating observance of those moral laws on which all human excellence is founded--a love of truth in ourselves, and a sincere sympathy with our fellow-creatures.
Southeastern coastal populations, and this site could substantiate or refute ethnohistoric accounts.
There is a powerful reason why some Madhyamika schools only refute the arguments of others and refuse to make assertions.
Adam Nichols had warned him about and how he could refute every single one.
Jesuits in the Clementinum, but since then it had been soundly refuted by Casaubon, a Switzer, a Huguenot who had come to England at the invitation of King James.
After I had wasted my time in hurling at her bitter reproaches, the force of which did not strike her, and in proving to her that she was a stupid fool, she refuted all my arguments by the most complete silence.
I have taken care to have it in my power to refute them from the most authentick information.