Nearby Words
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; < Latin refūtāre to check, suppress, refute, rebut, equivalent to re- re- + -fūtāre presumably, “to beat” (attested only with the prefixes con- and re-; compare confute)
1505–15; < Latin refūtāre to check, suppress, refute, rebut, equivalent to re- re- + -fūtāre presumably, “to beat” (attested only with the prefixes con- and re-; compare confute)
Related forms
təre·fut·a·bil·i·ty, noun
re·fut·a·bly, adverb
re·fut·er, noun
self-re·fut·ed, adjective
EXPANDself-re·fut·ing, adjective
un·re·fut·a·ble, adjective
un·re·fut·a·b·ly, adverb
un·re·fut·ed, adjective
un·re·fut·ing, adjective
COLLAPSECan be confused: 1. deny, disapprove, disprove, rebut, refute (see synonym note at deny); 2. disapprove, disprove, rebut, refute; 3. dispute, refute; 4. repudiate, refute, refudiate (see word story at refudiate).
Synonyms
1. disprove, rebut. 1, 2. confute.
1. disprove, rebut. 1, 2. confute.
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Word Origin & History
refute
1513, "refuse, reject," from L. refutare "drive back, repress, repel, rebut," from re- "back" + -futare "to beat," probably from PIE base *bhat- "to strike down" (cf. beat). Meaning "prove wrong" dates from 1545. Since c.1964 linguists have frowned on the subtle shift in meaning towards "to deny," as
EXPANDit is used in connection with allegation.
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