confute in English dictionary

  • confute

    Meanings and definitions of "confute"

    • (archaic or very formal) To disprove or refute; to show something to be false or someone to be wrong.
    • verb
      (transitive, now rare)
      To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
    • To prove to be false or invalid.
    • talk (a person) down
    • verb
      prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

    Synonyms of "confute" in English dictionary

    negate, contradict, disprove are the top synonyms of "confute" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "confute" in English dictionary

    prove is the antonym of "confute" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of confute

    • confute ( third-person singular simple present confutes, present participle confuting, simple past and past participle confuted)
    • confute (third-person singular simple present confutes, present participle confuting, simple past and past participle confuted)

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