transitive verb. To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively.

transitive verb. To confound.

noun. Confutation; opposing argument.

To prove to be false, defective, or invalid; overthrow by evidence or stronger argument; refute: as, to confute arguments, reasoning, theory, or sophistry.

To prove (a person) to be wrong; convict of error by argument or proof.

To disable; put an end to; stop.

Synonyms Confute, Refute. See refute.

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

verb. To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.

verb. prove to be false

"The author also gives the Hindustani word as 'kaelkur-hin', which seems to be intended for _qâil kareñ_, or in rustic form _karahiñ_, meaning 'confute'."

confirm  prove  

contradict  negate  

controvert  explode  falsify  rebut  refute  

Jupiter  incorruptibility  kindly-natured  lvii  pamphleteering  

answer  answer conclusively  antagonize  argue down  be antipathetic  

confuted  confutes  confuting