Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
disprove — disprove, refute, confute, rebut, controvert mean to show or attempt to show by argument that a statement, a claim, a proposition, or a charge is not true. Disprove stresses the success of an argument in showing the falsity, erroneousness, or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Disprove — Dis*prove , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproving}.] [Pref. dis + prove: cf. OF. desprover.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. [1913 Webster] That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disprove — [dis pro͞ov′, dis′pro͞ov′; dis′pro͞ov΄] vt. disproved, disproved or disproven, disproving [ME disproven < OFr desprover: see DIS & PROVE] to prove to be false or in error; refute; confute disprovable adj. SYN. DISPROVE implies the presenting… … English World dictionary
disprove — late 14c., from O.Fr. desprover refute, contradict, from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + prover (see PROVE (Cf. prove)). Related: Disproved; disproving … Etymology dictionary
disprove — [v] prove false belie, blow sky high*, blow up*, break, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disconfirm, discredit, explode, expose, find unfounded, impugn, invalidate, knock bottom out of*, knock props out*, negate,… … New thesaurus
disprove — ► VERB ▪ prove to be false. DERIVATIVES disprovable adjective … English terms dictionary
disprove — UK [dɪsˈpruːv] / US [dɪsˈpruv] verb [transitive] Word forms disprove : present tense I/you/we/they disprove he/she/it disproves present participle disproving past tense disproved past participle disproved to prove that something is not correct or … English dictionary
disprove — [[t]dɪspru͟ːv[/t]] disproves, disproving, disproved, disproven VERB To disprove an idea, belief, or theory means to show that it is not true. [V n] The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect. Syn: refute … English dictionary
disprove — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French desprover, from des dis + prover to prove Date: 14th century to prove to be false or wrong ; refute < disprove a theory > • disprovable adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
disprove — verb Disprove is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑claim, ↑existence, ↑myth, ↑theory, ↑thesis … Collocations dictionary
