释义 |
refutative, a. rare. [f. ppl. stem of L. refūtāre to refute + -ive.] That tends to refute; belonging to refutation.
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 292 Proleptically with the refutative schemes of anticipation and subjection. 1837Fraser's Mag. XV. 303 Strepsiades is delighted with his complexion, which is both ‘negative and refutative’, with the true Attic stamp. So refutatory a. [cf. med.L. refūtātōri-us, F. réfutatoire]. (Webster 1847.) |