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refute
/ɹɪˈfjut/
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What does refute mean?
verb
- To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
- To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation.
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To refute it, it is sufficient to recall the very fact on which it is based,--the existence of evil.
The figures strengthen my conclusions as to the social factors of crime, and refute the optimistic theory of Poletti.
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Further, by this a man may learn to refute false opinions, to vindicate the truth, and also to instruct the ignorant.
They forged many works, that afterwards passed for classical, and which have demanded all the perspicacity of comparative criticism to refute.
And those who think it easy to refute these conclusions of Professor Beesly had better set to work and try it.