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Meanings of confute in English

Prove to be false.

Usage of confute in English
1
The veriest tyro of an expert toxicologist could too easily confute him.
The Silent Bullet
2
These are the facts: confute them who may, explain them who can.
Modern Painting
3
The time might come which should confute the tale without my efforts.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
4
Indeed, there are numerous arguments besides, which abundantly confute their vain imaginations.
Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II / With an Account of Salem Vi...
5
Read us Tom's letter, confute the engineer, hoist with his own petard.'
The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain
6
I suspected something; I went to confute, or confirm that suspicion.
White Lies
7
Albertus Magnus constructed an image perfect to talk metaphysics and confute the schools.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 5
8
We must have Mr. Robinson confute the Arminians, cried his friends among themselves.
Ten Great Events in History
9
Again we must quote Keats to confute his more self-centered brothers.
The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poe...
10
And thus it happened that you were unable to confute Miss Elmsdale's fancy?
The Uninhabited House
11
They confute the ediatricians who say that children need sleep.
The new yorker
12
Her one idea was to contradict and confute the disgraceful announcement at its fountain-head.
Golden Stories / A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost...
13
I wish your poor dear wife could rise from her grave and confute you.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
14
Although our theory may be wrong, we cannot confute it.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
15
If you put it that way I cannot confute you.
The Path of the King
16
The lover should be present, to confute, to extenuate, or to verify the charges.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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