DISPROVE
disprove, confute
(verb) prove to be false; “The physicist disproved his colleagues’ theories”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproven or disproved)
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Usage notes
• The past participle disproven is often proscribed in favor of disproved.
Antonyms
• prove
Anagrams
• provides
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]
1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.
2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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