confute

verb

/kənˈfjuːt/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they confute	/kənˈfjuːt/ /kənˈfjuːt/
he / she / it confutes	/kənˈfjuːts/ /kənˈfjuːts/
past simple confuted	/kənˈfjuːtɪd/ /kənˈfjuːtɪd/
past participle confuted	/kənˈfjuːtɪd/ /kənˈfjuːtɪd/
-ing form confuting	/kənˈfjuːtɪŋ/ /kənˈfjuːtɪŋ/

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confute somebody/something to prove a person or an argument to be wrong驳倒；驳斥Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin confutare ‘restrain, answer conclusively’, from con- ‘altogether’ + the base of refutare ‘refute’.