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disproof|dɪsˈpruːf|
Forms: 6 disprofe, -proufe, -prove, 6– disproof.
[f. dis- 9 + proof, after disprove.]
The proving of a thing not to be what is asserted; refutation, confutation; the evidence constituting such refutation.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xiv. (1883) 153 Therin they do diligently obserue the rules of Confirmation and Confutation, wherin resteth prouf and disproufe. 1533More Answ. Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1099/2 These woordes haue..in themselfe, neither any thyng in disprofe of the very eating of his flesh, nor for the profe yt he ment the beliefe of hys death. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth i. 45 A fuller and more effectual Disproof of the recited opinions. 1825Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 66/1 Such allegations..are scarce ever susceptible of specific disproof. 1884tr. Lotze's Metaph. 194 Such a proof..has never been attempted; the burden of disproof has been thrown on the opposite view.
b. with a and pl. An instance of this; a disproving fact or piece of evidence.
a1650May Satir. Puppy (1657) 20 Lest he should betray himself to an eminent disproof. 1699Bentley Phal. Pref. 51 A sufficient Disproof of this malicious Calumny. 1877E. R. Conder Bas. Faith v. 233 Lightly to pass over all..irreconcilable facts as mere difficulties, not disproofs. |