See refute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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"word": "دَحَضَ"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"word": "refutar"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反駁"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"roman": "fǎnbó",
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"word": "反驳"
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"word": "vyvrátit"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "weerleggen"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "osoittaa vääräksi"
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"word": "réfuter"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "widerlegen"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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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",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "motbevise"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "desmentir"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuta"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"roman": "oprovergátʹ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"word": "опроверга́ть"
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"roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"word": "опрове́ргнуть"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sa",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"word": "दूषण"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"word": "оповрга́вати"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"word": "opovrgávati"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ovreči"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "rebatir"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "negar la mayor"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ripostar"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "motbevisa"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "vederlägga"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "aksini ispatlamak"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"word": "delilleri çürütmek"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "yanlışlığını kanıtlamak"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "bác bỏ"
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"word": "gainsay"
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"word": "rebut"
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"word": "repudiate"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "herkʻel",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "հերքել"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "othvǎrljam",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "отхвърлям"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "zavrhnout"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "weigeren"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "nei"
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{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "kiistää"
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{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "kieltää"
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{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "rejeter"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "contester"
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},
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"word": "widerlegen"
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "rebatir"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "negar la mayor"
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "vederlägga"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "aksini ispatlamak"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "delilleri çürütmek"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "yanlışlığını kanıtlamak"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "bác bỏ"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "herkʻel",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "հերքել"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "othvǎrljam",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "отхвърлям"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "rejeter"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
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"code": "hu",
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"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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