(v.t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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