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What (who) is Confute - definition


confute      
¦ verb formal prove to be wrong.
Derivatives
confutation noun
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as confutation): from L. confutare 'restrain, answer conclusively', from con- 'altogether' + the base of refutare 'refute'.
confute      
v. a.
1.
Overthrow (by argument), overcome (in debate), convict of error, put to silence, silence.
2.
Disprove, refute, prove to be false.
Confute      
·vt To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to Overcome; to Silence.