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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Refute  \Re*fute"\  (r?*F3t"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Refuted};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Refuting}.]  [F.  r['e]futer,  L.  refuteare  to 
  repel,  refute.  Cf  {Confute},  {Refuse}  to  deny.] 
  To  disprove  and  overthrow  by  argument,  evidence,  or 
  countervailing  proof;  to  prove  to  be  false  or  erroneous;  to 
  confute;  as  to  refute  arguments;  to  refute  testimony;  to 
  refute  opinions  or  theories;  to  refute  a  disputant. 
 
  There  were  so  many  witnesses  in  these  two  miracles  that 
  it  is  impossible  to  refute  such  multitudes.  --Addison. 
 
  Syn:  To  confute;  disprove.  See  {Confute}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  refute 
  v  1:  overthrow  by  argument,  evidence,  or  proof;  "The  speaker 
  refuted  his  opponent's  arguments"  [syn:  {rebut},  {disprove}] 
  2:  prove  to  be  false  or  incorrect  [syn:  {rebut},  {controvert}] 




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