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Definition of confute verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

confute

verb

NAmE//kənˈfyut//

confute somebody/something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they confute

he / she / it confutes

past simple confuted

-ing form confuting

to prove a person or an argument to be wrong

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