refute

== English == === Etymology === From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”). === Pronunciation === enPR: rĭ-fyo͞ot, rə-fyo͞ot (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfjuːt/, /ɹəˈfjuːt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfjut/, /ɹəˈfjut/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfjʉːt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfjʉːt/ Hyphenation: re‧fute Rhymes: -uːt === Verb === refute (third-person singular simple present refutes, present participle refuting, simple past and past participle refuted) (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. Synonyms: debunk, disprove, rebut, confound Antonyms: confirm, affirm, demonstrate, prove (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation. Synonyms: dispute, deny, repudiate, rebut, gainsay, counterargue, reject Antonyms: affirm, accept, embrace, profess ==== Usage notes ==== The second meaning of refute (“to deny the truth of”) is proscribed as erroneous by some (compare Merriam Webster,1994). An alternative term with such a meaning is repudiate, which means to reject or refuse to acknowledge, but without the implication of justification. Refute is also often confused with rebut; a rebuttal, in formal debate terms, is a counter-refutation, and it also has a specific legal sense, though like refutation, the word has taken on the informal and disputed meaning of denial. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Fuerte, feuter, feutre == Galician == === Verb === refute inflection of refutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Middle English == === Alternative forms === refeut, reffute, refuit, refut, refutt, refuyt refyte (Staffordshire) === Etymology === From Old French refuite, from refuir (“to flee”). Compare refuge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛˈfiu̯t(ə)/ === Noun === refute (uncountable) refuge (state of protection or comfort) refuge (place of protection or comfort) A protector or comforter. ==== References ==== “refūt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Verb === refute inflection of refutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === refute inflection of refutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative