transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪfju:t ]
( refutes, refuting, refuted)
1.
If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue. ( FORMAL )
It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
= disprove
VERB : V n
2.
If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true. ( FORMAL )
Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
= deny
VERB : V n