Definition of refutes Refutes
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What does refutes mean?
Part of speech
🔤- refutes, verb, present, 3rd person singular of refute (infinitive).
WordNet
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| refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" | ||
| rebut | ||
| disown, renounce, repudiate cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" | ||
| controvert, contradict, oppose deny the truth of | ||
| answer understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" | ||
| refute - prove to be false or incorrect | ||
| rebut, controvert | ||
| confute, disprove prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- refute (v. t.)
To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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refute
To demonstrate the falsity or lack of foundation of what has been said or written. -
refute
To prove to be false or invalid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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refute
rē-fūt′, v.t. to repel: to oppose: to disprove.—n. Rēfutabil′ity.—adj. Rēfū′table, that may be refuted or disproved.—adv. Rēfū′tably.—n. Refutā′tion, the act of refuting or disproving.—adj. Rēfū′tātory, tending to refute: refuting.—n. Rēfū′ter, one who, or that which, refutes. [Fr. réfuter—L. refutāre—re-, back, root of fundĕre, futilis.]
Part of speech
🔤- refute, verb, present, 1st person singular of refute (infinitive).
- refute, verb (infinitive).
