disprove
dis.prove \(')dis-'pru:v\ vt [ME disproven, fr. MF desprover, fr. des- +
prover to p]rove : to prove to be false : REFUTE OVE implies the
demonstration by any method of the falseness or invalidness of a claim or
argument; REFUTE stresses a logical method of disproving; CONFUTE implies
reducing an opponent to silence by an overwhelming argument; REBUT suggests
formality in the act of answering an argument and does not necessarily
imply success in disproving; CONTROVERT stresses the act of opposing with
denial or an answering argument and, like REBUT, the attempt to refute an
opposing argument without implying success in disproving SYN syn REFUTE,
CONFUTE, REBUT, CONTROVERT: DISPR