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refute
 
SYLLABICATION:re·fute
PRONUNCIATION:  r-fyt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: re·fut·ed, re·fut·ing, re·futes
1. To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof: refute testimony. 2. To deny the accuracy or truth of: refuted the results of the poll.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin reftre. See bhau- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:re·futa·bili·ty (r-fyt-bl-t, rfy-t-) —NOUN
re·futa·ble (r-fyt-bl, rfy-t-) —ADJECTIVE
re·futa·bly —ADVERB
re·futer —NOUN
 
 
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