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confutecon‧fute /kənˈfjuːt/ verb [transitive] formal  VERB TABLEconfute |
Present | I, you, we, they | confute | | he, she, it | confutes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | confuted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have confuted | | he, she, it | has confuted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had confuted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will confute | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have confuted |
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Present | I | am confuting | | he, she, it | is confuting | | you, we, they | are confuting | Past | I, he, she, it | was confuting | | you, we, they | were confuting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been confuting | | he, she, it | has been confuting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been confuting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be confuting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been confuting |
► confute the argument Galileo was able to confute the argument that the Sun moved around the Earth. ► confute accusations He held a press conference to confute accusations that he had supported the riots. ► confutes The evidence, however, confutes these claims. to prove that a person or an argument is completely wrong: Galileo was able to confute the argument that the Sun moved around the Earth. He held a press conference to confute accusations that he had supported the riots. The evidence, however, confutes these claims. The government announced that their critics had been confuted. |