confute
pronunciation
How to pronounce confute in British English:
UK [kənˈfju:t]
How to pronounce confute in American English:
US [kən'fjut]
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- Verb:
- prove to be false
Word Origin
- confute
- confute: see beat
- confute (v.)
- 1520s, from Middle French confuter, from Latin confutare "repress, check; disprove, restrain, silence," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + *futare "to beat," from PIE root *bhau- "to strike, beat" (see batter (v.)). Related: Confuted; confuting.
Example
- 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 ?