- confutative
- adjective see confutation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
confutative
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Confutative — Con*fut a*tive, a. Adapted or designed to confute. Bp. Warburton [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confutative — index contradictory, contrary, negative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
confutative — See confutable. * * * … Universalium
confutative — adjective That confutes … Wiktionary
confutative — adj. of a confutation; serving to disprove … English contemporary dictionary
confutative — con·fu·ta·tive … English syllables
confutative — adjective able to be refuted • Syn: ↑questionable, ↑refutable, ↑confutable • Similar to: ↑deniable • Derivationally related forms: ↑confute … Useful english dictionary
confutation — confutative /keuhn fyooh teuh tiv/, adj. /kon fyoo tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of confuting. 2. something that confutes. 3. Class. Oratory. the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation. [1425 75; late ME confutacioun ( < MF) < L … Universalium
confutable — adjective able to be refuted • Syn: ↑questionable, ↑refutable, ↑confutative • Similar to: ↑deniable • Derivationally related forms: ↑confute (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
refutable — adjective able to be refuted • Syn: ↑questionable, ↑confutable, ↑confutative • Similar to: ↑deniable • Derivationally related forms: ↑confute (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
