Dictionary Entry
confute
confute is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
- 2verb
prove to be false
"The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
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