Confute Definition

kən-fyo͝ot
confuted, confutes, confuting
verb
confuted, confutes, confuting
To prove (a person, statement, etc.) to be in error or false; overcome by argument or proof.
Webster's New World
To make useless.
Webster's New World
To confound.
American Heritage

(now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.

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Origin of Confute

  • From Middle French confuter, from Latin confūtāre.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin cōnfūtāre bhau- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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