[kuh
n-fyoot] 
| 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. |
| con·fute (kən-fyōōt') tr.v. con·fut·ed, con·fut·ing, con·futes
[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. |