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confute
 
SYLLABICATION:con·fute
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-fyt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: con·fut·ed, con·fut·ing, con·futes
1. To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively. 2. Obsolete To confound.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin cnftre. See bhau- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:con·futa·ble —ADJECTIVE
con·futa·tive (kn-fyt-tv) —ADJECTIVE
con·futer —NOUN
 
 
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