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refutability

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re⋅fute

  [ri-fyoot]
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–verb (used with object), -fut⋅ed, -fut⋅ing.
1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
2. to prove (a person) to be in error.
Origin:
1505–15; < L refūtāre to check, suppress, refute, rebut, equiv. to re- re- + -fūtāre presumably, “to beat” (attested only with the prefixes con- and re-; cf. confute )

Related forms:
re⋅fut⋅a⋅ble  [ri-fyoo-tuh-buhl, ref-yuh-tuh-] , adjective
re⋅fut⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅fut⋅a⋅bly, adverb
re⋅fut⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. disprove, rebut. 1, 2. confute.
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re·fute   (rĭ-fyōōt')   
tr.v.   re·fut·ed, re·fut·ing, re·futes

  1. To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof: refute testimony.

  2. To deny the accuracy or truth of: refuted the results of the poll.


[Latin refūtāre; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]
re·fut'a·bil'i·ty (rĭ-fyōō'tə-bĭl'ĭ-tē, rěf'yə-tə-) n., re·fut'a·ble (rĭ-fyōō'tə-bəl, rěf'yə-tə-) adj., re·fut'a·bly adv., re·fut'er n.
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