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| con·fute [ kən fyt ] (past and past participle con·fut·ed, present participle con·fut·ing, 3rd person present singular con·futes) |
transitive verb |
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prove wrong: to prove conclusively that somebody is wrong or that something is false, invalid, or faulty
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| [Early 16th century. < Latin confutare "restrain, answer conclusively"] |
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  con·fut·a·ble adjective |
| con·fut·er noun |
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