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disprove

  • verb
  • dĭs-pro͞ovʹ

To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

Antonyms

  • prove

Related words

  • undisproved
  • disprovability
  • disprovable
  • disproval
  • disprovement
  • disprover
  • undisprovable

Word history

From Old French "desprover".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “disprove” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.