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51counter an accusation — refute a claim, dispute an accusation …
52blow sky-high — Refute utterly …
53List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …
54réfuter — [ refyte ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1330; refuder « rejeter » 980; lat. refutare ♦ Repousser (un raisonnement) en prouvant sa fausseté. Réfuter une thèse, une théorie, des objections. ♢ Par ext. Réfuter un auteur. ⊗ CONTR. Approuver,… …
55disprove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. refute, confute, explode, defeat. See negation, confutation. Ant., prove, demonstrate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prove false, discredit, controvert, refute, confute, rebut, throw out, set aside, find …
56SPINOZA, BARUCH (Bento, Benedictus) DE — (1632–1677), philosopher born in Amsterdam of Portuguese background, who became one of the most important representatives of the rationalist movement in the early modern period. Introduction In the Jewish and National Library in Jerusalem,… …
57Confute — Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse} to… …
58Confuted — Confute Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse}… …
59Confuting — Confute Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse}… …
60rebut — verb you will have your opportunity to rebut the allegations Syn: deny, contradict, controvert, repudiate, counter, attempt to refute, attempt to discredit; informal poke holes in; formal gainsay Ant: confirm •• rebut, refute Rebut means attempt… …
