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Webster 1913 Edition
Disprove
Dis-prove′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disproved
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disproving
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ prove
: cf. OF. desprover
.] 1.
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
That false supposition I advanced in order to
disprove
it. Atterbury.
2.
To disallow; to disapprove of.
[Obs.]
Stirling.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disprove
DISPROVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to disprove an assertion, a statement, an argument, a proposition.2.
To convict of the practice of error. [Not in use.]3.
To disallow or disapprove. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
disprove
disprove
English
Verb
disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproved or disproven)
Usage notes
- The past participle disproven is often proscribed in favor of disproved, unlike proven, which is not proscribed.
Antonyms
Translations
to refute
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