disproof
English
Alternative forms
- disprofe, disproufe (obsolete, 16th century)
Etymology
From dis- + proof, after disprove.
Pronunciation
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Noun
disproof (plural disproofs)
- A refutation.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
act of refuting something
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Further reading
- “disproof”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “disproof”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “disproof”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.