confuted; confuting
1
: to overwhelm in argument : refute conclusively
… Elijah … confuted the prophets of Baal …—
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw2
obsolete
: confound
confuter
noun
Examples of confute in a Sentence
theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience
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In Tory Nation, Samuel Earle discusses and frets morosely over this success, which has confuted so many hopes and indeed confident predictions on the left.
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023
Vulnerable, uninformed wives have hardly been in a position to confute them.
—Justin Jones, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019
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Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023
Vulnerable, uninformed wives have hardly been in a position to confute them.
—Justin Jones, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019
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“Confute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confute. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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