DISPROVED

Verb

disproved

simple past tense and past participle of disprove

Source: Wiktionary


DISPROVE

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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