"refute" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈfjuːt/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɹəˈfjut/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-refute.ogg [US], en-au-refute.ogg [Australia] Forms: refutes [present, singular, third-person], refuting [participle, present], refuted [participle, past], refuted [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], refute [infinitive]
enPR: rə-fyo͞ot Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|refūtō|t=refute, repudiate}} Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} refute (third-person singular simple present refutes, present participle refuting, simple past and past participle refuted) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=refut}}
  1. (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. Tags: transitive Synonyms (prove (something) to be false): debunk, disprove, rebut Translations (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect): εὐθύνω (euthúnō) (Ancient Greek), دَحَضَ (daḥaḍa) (Arabic), أَدْحَضَ (ʔadḥaḍa) (Arabic), فَنَّدَ (fannada) (Arabic), հերքել (herkʻel) (Armenian), təkzib etmək (Azerbaijani), опровергавам (oprovergavam) (Bulgarian), refutar (Catalan), 反駁 (Chinese Mandarin), 反驳 (fǎnbó) (Chinese Mandarin), vyvrátit (Czech), weerleggen (Dutch), refuteren (Dutch), refuti (Esperanto), osoittaa vääräksi (Finnish), réfuter (French), widerlegen (German), entkräften (German), αντικρούω (antikroúo) (Greek), ανασκευάζω (anaskevázo) (Greek), הִפְרִיךְ (hifrikh) (Hebrew), दूषण (dūṣaṇ) (Hindi), cáfol (Hungarian), smentire (Italian), 言い返す (iikaesu) (Japanese), 反駁する (hambaku suru) (Japanese), refellō (Latin), refūtō (Latin), redarguō (Latin), ദൂഷണം (dūṣaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), നിരാകരിക്കൽ (nirākarikkal) (Malayalam), motbevise (Norwegian), refutar (Portuguese), desmentir (Portuguese), refuta (Romanian), опроверга́ть (oprovergátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опрове́ргнуть (oprovérgnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), दूषण (dūṣaṇa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), оповрга́вати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), опо̀вргнути [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), opovrgávati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), opòvrgnuti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ovreči (Slovene), refutar (Spanish), rebatir (Spanish), negar la mayor (Spanish), motbevisa (Swedish), vederlägga (Swedish), aksini ispatlamak (Turkish), delilleri çürütmek (Turkish), yanlışlığını kanıtlamak (Turkish), bác bỏ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-refute-en-verb-SXlJA9HH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'prove (something) to be false': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'to prove (something) to be false or incorrect': 99 1
  2. (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something). Tags: proscribed, transitive Synonyms (deny the truth or correctness): deny, gainsay, rebut, reject, repudiate Translations (to deny the truth or correctness of (something)): كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) (Arabic), հերքել (herkʻel) (Armenian), отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), zavrhnout (Czech), weigeren (Dutch), nei (Esperanto), kiistää (Finnish), kieltää (Finnish), rejeter (French), contester (French), chicaner (French), récuser (French), anfechten (German), widersprechen (German), διαψεύδω (diapsévdo) (Greek), tagad (Hungarian), smentire (Italian), 言い返す (iikaesu) (Japanese), 反駁する (hambaku suru) (Japanese), 反証する (hanshō suru) (Japanese), whākorekore (Maori), whawhati (Maori), ukadhibisha (Ngazidja Comorian), negar (Portuguese), отрица́ть (otricátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), negar rehusar (Spanish), rechazar (Spanish), karşı çıkmak (Turkish), reddetmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-refute-en-verb-3YUwGl2J Disambiguation of 'deny the truth or correctness': 6 94 Disambiguation of 'to deny the truth or correctness of (something)': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-refute Related terms: refutability, refutable, refutably, refutal, refutation, refuted, refuter

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} refute
  1. inflection of refutar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: refutar
    Sense id: en-refute-gl-verb-vV9E2DJy Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of refutar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: refutar
    Sense id: en-refute-gl-verb-iZcQIRJ5

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /rɛˈfiu̯t(ə)/
Etymology: From Old French refuite, from refuir (“to flee”). Compare refuge. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|refuite}} Old French refuite, {{m|fro|refuir|t=to flee}} refuir (“to flee”), {{m|enm|refuge}} refuge Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} refute, {{enm-noun|-}} refute (uncountable)
  1. refuge (state of protection or comfort) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-refute-enm-noun-oaCwUPRY
  2. refuge (place of protection or comfort) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-refute-enm-noun-9fB77vkD
  3. A protector or comforter. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Diplomacy, Law, People
    Sense id: en-refute-enm-noun-rrhlsWx8 Disambiguation of Diplomacy: 23 23 55 Disambiguation of Law: 14 14 71 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 14 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: refeut, reffute, refuit, refut, refutt, refuyt, refyte

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} refute
  1. inflection of refutar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: refutar
    Sense id: en-refute-pt-verb-vV9E2DJy Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of refutar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: refutar
    Sense id: en-refute-pt-verb-iZcQIRJ5

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} refute
  1. inflection of refutar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: refutar
    Sense id: en-refute-es-verb-vV9E2DJy Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of refutar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: refutar
    Sense id: en-refute-es-verb-iZcQIRJ5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for refute meaning in All languages combined (22.2kB)

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          "ref": "1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.",
          "text": "After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, \"I refute it thus.\"",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "հերքել"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "təkzib etmək"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oprovergavam",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "опровергавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "反駁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎnbó",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "反驳"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "vyvrátit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "weerleggen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refuteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "osoittaa vääräksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "réfuter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "widerlegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "entkräften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antikroúo",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "αντικρούω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anaskevázo",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "ανασκευάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "euthúnō",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "εὐθύνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hifrikh",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "הִפְרִיךְ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dūṣaṇ",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "दूषण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "cáfol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "smentire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iikaesu",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "言い返す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hambaku suru",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "反駁する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refellō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refūtō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "redarguō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "dūṣaṇaṁ",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "ദൂഷണം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nirākarikkal",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "നിരാകരിക്കൽ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "motbevise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "desmentir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oprovergátʹ",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опроверга́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "опрове́ргнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dūṣaṇa",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "दूषण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оповрга́вати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опо̀вргнути"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opovrgávati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opòvrgnuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "ovreči"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "refutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "rebatir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "negar la mayor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "motbevisa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "vederlägga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "aksini ispatlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "delilleri çürütmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "yanlışlığını kanıtlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
          "word": "bác bỏ"
        }
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-refute-en-verb-3YUwGl2J",
      "links": [
        [
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          "deny"
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          "truth",
          "truth"
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        [
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          "word": "deny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
          "word": "gainsay"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
          "word": "rebut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
          "word": "reject"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
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        }
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kaḏḏaba",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "كَذَّبَ"
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        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "herkʻel",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "հերքել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "othvǎrljam",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "отхвърлям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "zavrhnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "weigeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "nei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "kiistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "kieltää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "rejeter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "contester"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "chicaner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "récuser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "anfechten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "widersprechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "diapsévdo",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "διαψεύδω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "tagad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "smentire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iikaesu",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "言い返す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hambaku suru",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "反駁する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hanshō suru",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "反証する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "whākorekore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "whawhati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "ukadhibisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "roman": "otricátʹ",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "отрица́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "word": "negar rehusar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "rechazar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "karşı çıkmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
          "word": "reddetmek"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ɹəˈfjut/",
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        {
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "refut"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "refutt"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "sense": "prove (something) to be false",
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        {
          "ref": "1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.",
          "text": "After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, \"I refute it thus.\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "To prove (something) to be false or incorrect."
      ],
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        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "incorrect",
          "incorrect"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English proscribed terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deny the truth or correctness of (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "deny"
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          "truth"
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        "(transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something)."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈfjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹəˈfjut/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːt"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-au-refute.ogg",
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      "enpr": "rə-fyo͞ot"
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    {
      "sense": "prove (something) to be false",
      "word": "debunk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "prove (something) to be false",
      "word": "disprove"
    },
    {
      "sense": "prove (something) to be false",
      "word": "rebut"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
      "word": "deny"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
      "word": "gainsay"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
      "word": "rebut"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
      "word": "reject"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
      "word": "repudiate"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "daḥaḍa",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "دَحَضَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔadḥaḍa",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "أَدْحَضَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fannada",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "فَنَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "herkʻel",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "հերքել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "təkzib etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprovergavam",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "опровергавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "反駁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnbó",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "反驳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "vyvrátit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "weerleggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refuteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "osoittaa vääräksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "réfuter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "widerlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "entkräften"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antikroúo",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "αντικρούω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaskevázo",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "ανασκευάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euthúnō",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "εὐθύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hifrikh",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "הִפְרִיךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dūṣaṇ",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "दूषण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "cáfol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "smentire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iikaesu",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "言い返す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hambaku suru",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "反駁する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refellō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refūtō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "redarguō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "dūṣaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "ദൂഷണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nirākarikkal",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "നിരാകരിക്കൽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "motbevise"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "desmentir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprovergátʹ",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опроверга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опрове́ргнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dūṣaṇa",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दूषण"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оповрга́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опо̀вргнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opovrgávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opòvrgnuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "ovreči"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "refutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "rebatir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "negar la mayor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "motbevisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "vederlägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "aksini ispatlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "delilleri çürütmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "yanlışlığını kanıtlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
      "word": "bác bỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaḏḏaba",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "كَذَّبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "herkʻel",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "հերքել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "othvǎrljam",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "отхвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "zavrhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "weigeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "nei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "kiistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "rejeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "contester"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "chicaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "récuser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "anfechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "widersprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diapsévdo",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "διαψεύδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "tagad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "smentire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iikaesu",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "言い返す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hambaku suru",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "反駁する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanshō suru",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "反証する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "whākorekore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "whawhati"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "ukadhibisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otricátʹ",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отрица́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "negar rehusar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "rechazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "karşı çıkmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
      "word": "reddetmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "refute"
}

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    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
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    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to flee"
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      "expansion": "refuir (“to flee”)",
      "name": "m"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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      "word": "refuit"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "refutt"
    },
    {
      "word": "refuyt"
    },
    {
      "word": "refyte"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "refutar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "inflection of refutar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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      ],
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          "refutar#Spanish"
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      ],
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