Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof.
- transitive verb To deny the accuracy or truth of.
- transitive verb Usage Problem To repudiate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
refuit . - To disprove and overthrow by argument or countervailing proof; prove to be false or erroneous: as, to
refute a doctrine or an accusation. - To overcome in argument; prove to be in error: as, to
refute a disputant. - Synonyms Confute and Refute agree in representing a quick and thorough answer to assertions made by another. Confute applies to arguments, refute to both arguments and charges.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
prove (something) to befalse orincorrect . - verb transitive To
deny thetruth orcorrectness of (something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
- verb overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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**: I say “more standard” here even though her usage of refute is still non-standard.
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But one point Matt made tonight that I'd like to hear someone refute is the stupidity of canceling public option as a way to get Republicans to vote for the bill.
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**: I say “more standard” here even though her usage of refute is still non-standard.
“Refudiate”: how to miscreate a word « Motivated Grammar 2010
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My last word (I hope), is to once again refute your post at #115.
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I take it by "rebut" you mean the legal sense of "refute" - but refute implies success i.e. that you have disproved my contention.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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(You better look up the word refute – apparently, you don†™ t know the definition.)
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For to refute is to contradict one and the same attribute-not merely the name, but the reality-and a name that is not merely synonymous but the same name-and to confute it from the propositions granted, necessarily, without including in the reckoning the original point to be proved, in the same respect and relation and manner and time in which it was asserted.
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For to refute is to contradict one and the same attribute-not merely the name, but the reality-and a name that is not merely synonymous but the same name-and to confute it from the propositions granted, necessarily, without including in the reckoning the original point to be proved, in the same respect and relation and manner and time in which it was asserted.
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YOu didn't "refute" anything .... all you did was try to go on the personal attacks, other than you one point regarding the tax cuts but the fact is that the IRS stats do not support your argument.
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I'd respond to your inaccuracies point by point, but they kind of refute themselves.
Seattle light rail: No park-and-ride lots (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
mohitanand commented on the word refute
prove to be false or incorrect
No one could refute his theories or propositions, and that is why he was esteemed by all his colleagues in the philosophy department.
October 19, 2016