- confuter
- noun see confute
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
confuter
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confuter — Confuter, Confutare, Refutare. Confuter un tesmoing, Luy faire si grande honte qu il n ose plus parler, Obruere risu testem … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Confuter — Con*fut er, n. One who confutes or disproves. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confuter — (kon fu té) v. a. Réfuter. Vieux. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Mais j ai honte pourtant, Dont tel opprobre on m a peu imputer, Et que sur champ ne l ay sceu confuter, MAROT IV, 54. • Je confuteray, ou plustost vous monstreray, comme d elle mesme… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
confuter — See confutable. * * * … Universalium
confuter — noun A person who confutes … Wiktionary
confuter — n. one who confutes … English contemporary dictionary
confuter — noun a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument • Syn: ↑rebutter, ↑disprover, ↑refuter • Derivationally related forms: ↑confute, ↑refute (for: ↑refuter), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
disprover — noun a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument • Syn: ↑rebutter, ↑refuter, ↑confuter • Derivationally related forms: ↑confute (for: ↑confuter), ↑refute … Useful english dictionary
refuter — noun a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument • Syn: ↑rebutter, ↑disprover, ↑confuter • Derivationally related forms: ↑confute (for: ↑confuter), ↑refute, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Confute — Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
