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Definitions for: Disprove [v] prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*prove", v. 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.
Synonyms: confute
Antonyms: demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show
See Also: contradict, controvert, explode, falsify, negate, rebut, refute
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