— refutable /ri fyooh"teuh beuhl, ref"yeuh teuh-/ , adj. — refutability , n. — refutably , adv. — refuter , n.
/ri fyooht"/ , v.t., refuted, refuting .
1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
2. to prove (a person) to be in error.
[ 1505-15; refutare to check, suppress, refute, rebut, equiv. to re- RE- + -futare presumably, "to beat" (attested only with the prefixes con- and re-; cf. CONFUTE) ]
Syn. 1. disprove, rebut. 1, 2 . confute.