Confute
51rebut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. answer, contradict, oppose, refute. See negation, confutation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. confute, counter, prove false, invalidate; see deny , disprove , refute . See Synonym Study at disprove . III …
52Confutation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Confutation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,478,} confutation refutation Sgm: N 1 answer answer complete answer Sgm: N 1 disproof disproof conviction redargution invalidation Sgm: N …
53beat — [OE] Old English bēatan and the related Old Norse bauta may be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *bautan. It has been conjectured that this could be connected with *fu , the base of Latin confūtāre and refūtāre (source respectively of English …
54confutation — mid 15c., from L. confutationem (nom. confutatio), noun of action from confutare (see CONFUTE (Cf. confute)) …
55evince — c.1600, disprove, confute, from Fr. évincer disprove, confute, from L. evincere conquer, elicit by argument, prove, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vincere overcome (see VICTOR (Cf. victor)). Meaning show clearly is late 18c. Not cl …
56put down — 1. Deposit, lay down. 2. Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy, conquer. 3. Degrade, confute, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble, extinguish, suppress. 4. Confute, silence …
57deny — deny, gainsay, contradict, negative, traverse, impugn, contravene are comparable as meaning, when they refer to an act, to declare something untrue, untenable, or unworthy of consideration or, when they refer to a condition, to go counter to what …
58disprove — 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… …
59beat — [OE] Old English bēatan and the related Old Norse bauta may be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *bautan. It has been conjectured that this could be connected with *fu , the base of Latin confūtāre and refūtāre (source respectively of English …
60disprove — [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… …
