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Added 9 October 2026

confute

/kənˈfjuːt/ verb

Latin root: confūtō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about confute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Prove to be false.
The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories

Origin

From Middle French confuter, from Latin confūtō.

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