How to Use "confute" with Example Sentences

1. Read not to contradict and confute ;
2. He was unable to confute the debater .
3. Read not to contradict , and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weight and consider .
4. Francis bacon : read not to contradict and confute , not to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , let to weigh and consider .
5. If these epistles were written against people who challenged the authority of bishops and priests about ad 100 , why is it that these opponents did not cry out against forgeries written to confute themselves ?