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Word: Confute
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 16th century: from Latin confutare ‘restrain, answer conclusively’, from con- ‘altogether’ + the base of refutare ‘refute’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈfjuːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong
Short Definition:prove person or assertion or accusation to be wrong
Examples:- restorers who sought to confute this view were accused of ignorance
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