The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident.
SYNONYM(S): disprove, refute.The speaker confuted his opponents by facts and logic.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables
con|fut´er — con|fute «kuhn FYOOT», transitive verb, fut|ed, fut|ing. 1. to prove (an argument, testimony, or statement) to be false or incorrect: »The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident. SYNONYM(S):… … Useful english dictionary
con|fut´a|ble — con|fute «kuhn FYOOT», transitive verb, fut|ed, fut|ing. 1. to prove (an argument, testimony, or statement) to be false or incorrect: »The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident. SYNONYM(S):… … Useful english dictionary
fute — re·fute; con·fute; … English syllables
confute — con·fute … English syllables
confute — con•fute [[t]kənˈfyut[/t]] v. t. fut•ed, fut•ing 1) to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument[/ex] 2) to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof 3) Obs. to bring to naught; confound • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
confute — con|fute [kənˈfju:t] v [T] formal to prove that a person or an argument is completely wrong … Dictionary of contemporary English
Confute — Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Confuted — Confute Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Confuting — Confute Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confuting}.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See {Fuse}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
