confutativeadj.
/kənˈfjuːtətɪv/ Adapted to confute; tending to confutation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > tending to refute
rebutting1600
anasceuastical1607
anasceuastic1609
refragatory1618
convincing1624
confutative1641
refutative1652
anatreptic1656
confutatory1685
refutatorya1686
disprobative1823
improbatory1861
improbative1876
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 53 Right Application of Scripture..to a fivefold Use..Secondly, Elenchicall, or Confutative against error.
1742 W. Warburton Wks. (1811) XI. 207 Albinus..divides Plato's Dialogues into classes..natural, moral, dialectic, confutative, etc.
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