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English verb: confute | |||
| 1. | confute (cognition) prove to be false | ||
| Samples | The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories. | ||
| Synonyms | disprove | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contradict, negate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | controvert, explode, falsify, rebut, refute | ||
| Antonyms | shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | ||
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