confute
vt . 驳倒,驳住
驳倒,驳住
confute v 1 :
prove to be false ; "
The physicist disproved his colleagues '
theories " [
synonym : {
disprove }, {
confute }] [
ant : {
demonstrate },
{
establish }, {
prove }, {
shew }, {
show }]
Confute \
Con *
fute \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Confuted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Confuting }.] [
L .
confutare to chek (
a boiling liquid ),
to repress ,
confute ;
con -
a root seen in futis a water vessel ),
prob .
akin to fundere to pour :
cf .
F .
confuter .
See {
Fuse }
to melt .]
To overwhelm by argument ;
to refute conclusively ;
to prove or show to be false or defective ;
to overcome ;
to silence .
[
1913 Webster ]
Satan stood . . .
confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing fallacious drift . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
No man '
s error can be confuted who doth not . . .
grant some true principle that contradicts his error .
--
Chillingworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
I confute a good profession with a bad conversation .
--
Fuller .
Syn :
To disprove ;
overthrow ;
sed aside ;
refute ;
oppugn .
Usage :
To {
Confute }, {
Refute .}
Refute is literally to and decisive evidence ;
as ,
to refute a calumny ,
charge ,
etc .
Confute is literally to check boiling ,
as when cold water is poured into hot ,
thus serving to allay ,
bring down ,
or neutralize completely .
Hence ,
as applied to arguments (
and the word is never applied ,
like refute ,
to charges ),
it denotes ,
to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say ;
to silence ;
as , "
the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him ."
[
1913 Webster ]
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confute ":
answer ,
answer conclusively ,
antagonize ,
argue down ,
be antipathetic ,
be inimical ,
beat against ,
break ,
clash ,
collide ,
conflict ,
conflict with ,
confound ,
contradict ,
contrapose ,
contravene ,
controvert ,
counter ,
counteract ,
counterattack ,
countercharge ,
counterclaim ,
counterpose ,
countervail ,
counterwork ,
cross ,
crush ,
defeat ,
demolish ,
deny ,
disconfirm ,
dismiss ,
dispose of ,
evert ,
finish ,
floor ,
go against ,
go counter to ,
interfere with ,
lock horns ,
make a rebuttal ,
meet head -
on ,
militate against ,
nonplus ,
oppose ,
oppugn ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
overwhelm ,
parry ,
put to silence ,
rebut ,
reduce to silence ,
refute ,
rejoin ,
resist ,
run against ,
run counter to ,
settle ,
shut up ,
silence ,
smash all opposition ,
squash ,
squelch ,
subvert ,
surrebut ,
surrejoin ,
swim upstream ,
undermine ,
upset ,
work against
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