Definition of confute
confuted
;confuting
transitive verb
1 : to overwhelm in argument : refute conclusively Elijah … confuted the prophets of Baal — G. B. Shaw
2 obsolete : confound
confuter
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Examples of confute in a Sentence
theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience
Origin and Etymology of confute
Latin confutare to check, silence
First Known Use: 1529
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