- refute, rebut, disprove
- فَنَّدَ \ refute, rebut, disprove. \ See Also دحض (دَحَض)
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
rebut — *disprove, refute, confute, controvert … New Dictionary of Synonyms
refute — confute, rebut, *disprove, controvert Analogous words: contradict, impugn, traverse, negative, contravene (see DENY) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disprove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. refute, confute, explode, defeat. See negation, confutation. Ant., prove, demonstrate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prove false, discredit, controvert, refute, confute, rebut, throw out, set aside, find … English dictionary for students
refute — refutable /ri fyooh teuh beuhl, ref yeuh teuh /, adj. refutability, n. refutably, adv. refuter, n. /ri fyooht /, v.t., refuted, refuting. 1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. 2. to prove (a person) … Universalium
refute — re·fute || rɪ fjuËt v. rebut, disprove, prove false … English contemporary dictionary
rebut — v.tr. (rebutted, rebutting) 1 refute or disprove (evidence or a charge). 2 force or turn back; check. Derivatives: rebutment n. rebuttable adj. rebuttal n. Etymology: ME f. AF rebuter, OF rebo(u)ter (as RE , BUTT(1)) … Useful english dictionary
rebut — re·but /ri bət/ vt re·but·ted, re·but·ting [Anglo French reboter rebuter to answer a charge, bar from an action, literally, to repulse, rebuff, from Old French reboter, from re back + boter to push, butt]: to refute, counteract, or disprove (as… … Law dictionary
disprove — disprove, refute, confute, rebut, controvert mean to show or attempt to show by argument that a statement, a claim, a proposition, or a charge is not true. Disprove stresses the success of an argument in showing the falsity, erroneousness, or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disprove — I verb belie, confute, contravene, controvert, counteract, countervail, deny, discredit, dispel, find unfounded, invalidate, negate, nullify, oppugn, prove false, prove the contrary, prove to be wrong, prove to the contrary, rebut, redarguere,… … Law dictionary
refute — I verb abnegate, belie, cancel, confute, contend, contradict, contravene, controvert, crush, debate, defeat, demolish, deny, destroy, disaffirm, disclaim, discredit, dispose of, disprove, explode, falsify, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, negate,… … Law dictionary
disprove — [dis pro͞ov′, dis′pro͞ov′; dis′pro͞ov΄] vt. disproved, disproved or disproven, disproving [ME disproven < OFr desprover: see DIS & PROVE] to prove to be false or in error; refute; confute disprovable adj. SYN. DISPROVE implies the presenting… … English World dictionary