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disprove
English
Etymology
From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-pro?ov? IPA(key): /d?s?p?u?v/
- Rhymes: -u?v
Verb
disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproved or disproven)
- To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Usage notes
- The past participle disproven is often proscribed in favor of disproved.
Antonyms
- prove
Translations
Anagrams
- provides
disprove From the web:
- what disproved the plum pudding model
- what disproved spontaneous generation
- what disproved the geocentric model
- what disproves the big bang
- what disproved the geocentric theory
- what disproves evolution
- what disproves the endosymbiotic theory
- what disproved dalton's atomic theory
disproof
English
Alternative forms
- disprofe, disproufe (obsolete, 16th century)
Etymology
dis- +? proof, after disprove
Noun
disproof (plural disproofs)
- A refutation.
Synonyms
- refutation
- confutation
Related terms
- disprove
Translations
Further reading
- disproof in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- disproof in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- disproof at OneLook Dictionary Search
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