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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproved}; p. pr & vb n. {Disproving}.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf OF desprover.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it --Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of [Obs.] --Stirling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disprove v 1: prove to be false or wrong [syn: {confute}] [ant: {prove}] 2: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: {refute}, {rebut}]
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