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confutative

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con⋅fu⋅ta⋅tion

  [kon-fyoo-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of confuting.
2. something that confutes.
3. Classical Oratory. the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME confutacioun (< MF) < L confūtātiōn- (s. of confūtātiō), equiv. to confūtāt(us) silenced (ptp. of confūtāre; see confute, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
con⋅fut⋅a⋅tive  [kuhn-fyoo-tuh-tiv] , adjective
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con·fute   (kən-fyōōt')   
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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