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refutable, a.|rɪˈfjuːtəb(ə)l, ˈrɛfjuːtəb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. refūtābilis, f. refūtāre to refute. Cf. F. réfutable.]
That may be († rejected,) refuted, or disproved.
1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 175, I think part of thame refutabill Of the assyis, and vtheris acceptabill Into thair steid. 1600F. Walker Sp. Mandeville 26 b, Your proofe and information is not refutable. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 181 That the heart of man is seated in the left side, is an asseveration which strictly taken, is refutable by inspection. 1771Junius Lett. liv. (1788) 301 He alters the text, and creates a refutable doctrine of his own. 1802Edin. Rev. I. 22 It refutes the very refutable positions of Mr. Godwin. 1871Echo 13 Apr. 2 It is not in the abstract; but only in the concrete that it is refutable.
Hence reˈfutably adv.
1806W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. IV. 724 Speaking intelligibly, and therefore refutably, concerning the phænomena of animal life. |