[kənˈfjuːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong
(e.g: restorers who sought to confute this view were accused of ignorance)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin confutare ‘restrain, answer conclusively’, from con- ‘altogether’ + the base of refutare ‘refute’