- disconfirm
- transitive verb Date: 1936 to deny or refute the validity of • disconfirmation noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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disconfirm — [dis΄kən fʉrm′] vt. to declare (a theory, proposition, etc.) to be invalid disconfirmation [diskän΄fər mā′shən] n … English World dictionary
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disconfirm — disconfirmation /dis kon feuhr may sheuhn, dis kon /, n. /dis keuhn ferrm /, v.t. to prove to be invalid. [1935 40; DIS + CONFIRM] * * * … Universalium
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disconfirm — dis·confirm … English syllables
disconfirm — dis•con•firm [[t]ˌdɪs kənˈfɜrm[/t]] v. t. cvb to prove to be invalid • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
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