— 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 ( confutation- (s. of confutatio ), equiv. to confutat ( us ) silenced (ptp. of confutare; see CONFUTE, -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]