"disconfirm" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: disconfirms [present, singular, third-person], disconfirming [participle, present], disconfirmed [participle, past], disconfirmed [past]
Etymology: From dis- + confirm. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|confirm}} dis- + confirm Head templates: {{en-verb}} disconfirm (third-person singular simple present disconfirms, present participle disconfirming, simple past and past participle disconfirmed)
  1. (transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid. Tags: transitive Synonyms: infirm Related terms: disconfirmable, disconfirmation, disconfirmatory Translations (to establish the falsity of a claim or belief): afkræfte (Danish), desconfirmar (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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