"confutable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: confute + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|confute|able}} confute + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} confutable (not comparable)
  1. (archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: confutability
    Sense id: en-confutable-en-adj-de5Pirde Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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          "text": "That Caucasus enjoys the Sunbeams three parts of the Nights Vigils; that Danubius ariseth from the Pyrenæan Hills: That the Earth is higher towards the North: are opinions truly charged on Aristotle by the Restorer of Epicurus; and all easily confutable falsities.",
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