Word Meanings - REFUTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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. There were so
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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. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. Addison. Syn. -- To confute; disprove. See Confute.
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- CONTRADICTABLE
Capable of being contradicting. - NEGATIVE
Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. (more info) 1. Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing - CONTRADICTIVE
Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv.. - CONTRAVENE
1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey. 2. To violate; to nullify; to - GAINSAY
To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, - NEGATIVENESS; NEGATIVITY
The quality or state of being negative. - GAINSAYER
One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9. - OPPOSELESS
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak. - CONTRADICTORILY
In a contradictory manner. Sharp. - CONTRADICTION
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak. 2. Direct opposition - DISSENTIVE
Disagreeing; inconsistent. Feltham. - CONTRAVENER
One who contravenes. - CONTROVERTIBLE
Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. -- Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv. - DISSENTIATE
To throw into a state of dissent. Feltham. - DISSENTIOUS
Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv. - CONTRADICTOR
A contradicter. - DISSENTERISM
The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev. - NEGATIVELY
1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. "He answered negatively." Boyle. 2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively. negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by - CONTRADICTORINESS
The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency. J. Whitaker. - DISSENTATION
Dissension. W. Browne. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif.