REFUTED

Verb

refuted

simple past tense and past participle of refute

Anagrams

• feutred

Source: Wiktionary


REFUTE

Re*fute" (r*F3t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refuting.] Etym: [F. réfuter, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. Confute, Refuse to deny.]

Definition: 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. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. Addison.

Syn.

– To confute; disprove. See Confute.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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