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121controvert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deny, contradict, contravene, traverse (legal), impugn, refute, confute, oppose, argue against, dispute, counter, debate. See negation. Ant., confirm, support. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To argue… …
122evince — 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 …
123answer — n reply, response, rejoinder, retort (see under ANSWER vb 1) Analogous words: defense, vindication, justification (see corresponding verbs at MAINTAIN): refutation, rebuttal (see corresponding verbs at DISPROVE) Contrasted words: question, query …
124argument — 1 proof, *reason, ground Analogous words: proving, demonstrating or demonstration (see corresponding verbs at PROVE): disproving or disproof, refuting or refutation, rebutting or rebuttal (see corresponding verbs at DISPROVE) 2 Argument, dispute …
125confute — [v] disprove, refute blow sky high*, break, bring to naught, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, knocks props out from under*, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry,… …
126rebuttal evidence — Evidence given to explain, repel, counteract, or disprove facts given in evidence by the opposing party. That which tends to explain or contradict or disprove evidence offered by the adverse party. Layton v. State, 261 Ind. 251, 301 N.E.2d 633,… …
127falsify — To misrepresent the facts. To tell a falsehood. Fraudulently to alter a record or document. To disprove. To disprove the correctness of an account which is prima facie presumed to be correct. Rehill v MeTague, 114 Pa 82, 7 A 224 …
128disconfirm — v.tr. formal disprove or tend to disprove (a hypothesis etc.). Derivatives: disconfirmation n …
