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Meanings of refute in English

Portuguese
refutar
Catalan
refutar

Prove to be false or incorrect.

refutar

To prove to be false or invalid.

Usage of refute in English
1
The idea was to refute Soviet claims that America was culturally vacuous.
BBC
2
But, of course, you can't refute anything with one hundred percent certainty.
Metro 2033
3
The key seen in her possession would refute me if I did.
The Leavenworth Case
4
To state the first in its proper form, is to refute it.
The Federalist Papers
5
If they wish to refute this claim, they should disclose their funding.
The Guardian
6
All the alchymists were in arms immediately, to refute this formidable antagonist.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3
7
He who seeks to refute skepticism must produce a criterion of truth.
History of Modern Philosophy / From Nicolas of Cusa to the Prese...
8
Kick a stone for me, and say, 'Thus I refute Bishop Berkeley.'
A Case of Conscience
9
The FBI files presented on the following pages do not refute that.
The sinatra files: the secret fbi dossier
10
The prosecution of an innocent printer cannot alter facts nor refute arguments.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1,...
11
This calumny you have it, at length, in your power to refute.
Jane Talbot
12
And visitors to YUZU would be hard pressed to refute his claim.
The South African
13
How better to refute fundamentalists who claim man was created by God?
Futures 1
14
He did not look at her, or attempt to refute the statement.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
15
The letters, now first printed, entirely refute this hasty and erroneous statement.
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
16
He listens to people only to refute them and brooks little opposition.
Reuters
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Translations for refute
Catalan
refutar
Refute through the time
Refute across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common