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   confute

   /kənˈfjuːt/

   verb

   • 1. prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong: formal "restorers who sought to confute this view were accused of ignorance"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin confutare ‘restrain, answer conclusively’, from con- ‘altogether’ + the base of refutare ‘refute’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. confutation noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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