Refute: alternatives and connections

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

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To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

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To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

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To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

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The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

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The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

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One who, or that which, refutes.

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One who, or that which, refutes.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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