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con·fute       [kuhn-fyoot] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -fut·ed, -fut·ing.
1.to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
2.to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof: to confute one's opponent.
3.Obsolete. to bring to naught; confound.
[Origin: 1520–30; < L confūtāre to abash, silence, refute, equiv. to con- con- + -fūtāre; cf. refute]

—Related forms
con·fut·a·ble, adjective
con·fut·er, noun
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con·fute       (kən-fyōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   con·fut·ed, con·fut·ing, con·futes
  1. To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively.
  2. Obsolete To confound.


[Latin cōnfūtāre; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

con·fut'a·ble adj., con·fu'ta·tive (kən-fyōō'tə-tĭv) adj., con·fut'er n.
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