prove+to+be+false
51convince — [16] Latin convincere meant originally ‘overcome decisively’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and vincere ‘defeat’, source of English victory). It branched out semantically to ‘overcome in argument’, ‘prove to be false …
52rebut — v refute, disprove, invalidate, negate, deny; confute, controvert, contradict, prove to be false, prove to the contrary; discredit, belie, deny the efficacy of, give the lie to; expose, show up, show the fallacy of, expose the weak points of;… …
53confute — con•fute [[t]kənˈfyut[/t]] v. t. fut•ed, fut•ing 1) to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument[/ex] 2) to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof 3) Obs. to bring to naught; confound • Etymology:… …
54refute — re•fute [[t]rɪˈfyut[/t]] v. t. fut•ed, fut•ing 1) to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge 2) to prove (a person) to be in error • Etymology: 1505–15; < L refūtāre to check, suppress, refute, rebut =re re + fūtāre presumably …
55confute — /kənˈfjut / (say kuhn fyooht) verb (t) (confuted, confuting) 1. to prove to be false or defective; disprove: to confute an argument. 2. to prove to be wrong; convict of error by argument or proof: to confute one s opponent. 3. to confound or… …
56refute — /rəˈfjut / (say ruh fyooht) verb (t) (refuted, refuting) 1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion, charge, etc. 2. to prove (a person) to be in error. 3. to deny: to refute the allegations. {Latin refūtāre repel, refute} –refutable… …
57convince — [16] Latin convincere meant originally ‘overcome decisively’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and vincere ‘defeat’, source of English victory). It branched out semantically to ‘overcome in argument’, ‘prove to be false …
58Refute — Re*fute (r?*F3t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refuting}.] [F. r[ e]futer, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. {Confute}, {Refuse} to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to… …
59Refuted — Refute Re*fute (r?*F3t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refuting}.] [F. r[ e]futer, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. {Confute}, {Refuse} to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to… …
60Refuting — Refute Re*fute (r?*F3t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refuting}.] [F. r[ e]futer, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. {Confute}, {Refuse} to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to… …
