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refute

ri'fju:t. ri:-5 senses · 180 ms
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verb/ɹɪˈfjuːt//ɹəˈfjuːt//ɹɪˈfjut/
  1. 1

    To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.transitive

    • After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are sat
  2. 2

    To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation.proscribedtransitive

    • A spokesperson for VARS Technology said: “We completely refute the suggestion that our market-leading ANPR system is unreliable".

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