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disprove
disproverefute; invalidate; discredit, negate, confute
Not to be confused with:disapprove – withhold approval from; refuse to sanction; deplore; criticizedis·prove D0283200 (dĭs-pro͞ov′)tr.v. dis·proved, dis·prov·ing, dis·proves To prove to be false, invalid, or in error; refute.
[Middle English disproven, from Old French desprover : des-, dis- + prover, to prove; see prove.]
dis·prov′a·ble adj.dis·prov′al n.disprove (dɪsˈpruːv) vb (tr) to show (an assertion, claim, etc) to be incorrect disˈprovable adj disˈproval ndis•prove (dɪsˈpruv)
v.t. -proved, -prov•ing. to prove to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desprover=des- dis-1 + prover to prove] dis•prov′a•ble, adj. dis•prov′er, n. disprove
Past participle: disproved
Gerund: disproving
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| disprove | | disprove |
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| I disprove | | you disprove | | he/she/it disproves | | we disprove | | you disprove | | they disprove |
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| I disproved | | you disproved | | he/she/it disproved | | we disproved | | you disproved | | they disproved |
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| I am disproving | | you are disproving | | he/she/it is disproving | | we are disproving | | you are disproving | | they are disproving |
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| I have disproved | | you have disproved | | he/she/it has disproved | | we have disproved | | you have disproved | | they have disproved |
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| I was disproving | | you were disproving | | he/she/it was disproving | | we were disproving | | you were disproving | | they were disproving |
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| I had disproved | | you had disproved | | he/she/it had disproved | | we had disproved | | you had disproved | | they had disproved |
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| I will disprove | | you will disprove | | he/she/it will disprove | | we will disprove | | you will disprove | | they will disprove |
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| I will have disproved | | you will have disproved | | he/she/it will have disproved | | we will have disproved | | you will have disproved | | they will have disproved |
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| I will be disproving | | you will be disproving | | he/she/it will be disproving | | we will be disproving | | you will be disproving | | they will be disproving |
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| I have been disproving | | you have been disproving | | he/she/it has been disproving | | we have been disproving | | you have been disproving | | they have been disproving |
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| I will have been disproving | | you will have been disproving | | he/she/it will have been disproving | | we will have been disproving | | you will have been disproving | | they will have been disproving |
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| I had been disproving | | you had been disproving | | he/she/it had been disproving | | we had been disproving | | you had been disproving | | they had been disproving |
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| I would disprove | | you would disprove | | he/she/it would disprove | | we would disprove | | you would disprove | | they would disprove |
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| I would have disproved | | you would have disproved | | he/she/it would have disproved | | we would have disproved | | you would have disproved | | they would have disproved |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"confuteexplode - show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsoletenegate, contradict - prove negative; show to be falsecontrovert, rebut, refute - prove to be false or incorrectfalsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim"shew, show, demonstrate, prove, establish - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
disproveverb prove false, discredit, refute, contradict, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The statistics disprove his hypothesis.
show, prove, confirm, verify, ascertain, bear out, substantiate, evincedisproveverbTo prove or show to be false:belie, confute, discredit, rebut, refute.Translationsdisprove (disˈpruːv) verb to prove to be false or wrong. His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research. 證明某事不實或有誤 证明...不成立，证明......为误 EncyclopediaSeeproofFinancialSeeProofdisprove
Synonyms for disproveverb prove falseSynonyms- prove false
- discredit
- refute
- contradict
- negate
- invalidate
- rebut
- give the lie to
- make a nonsense of
- blow out of the water
- controvert
- confute
Antonyms- show
- prove
- confirm
- verify
- ascertain
- bear out
- substantiate
- evince
Synonyms for disproveverb to prove or show to be falseSynonyms- belie
- confute
- discredit
- rebut
- refute
Synonyms for disproveverb prove to be falseSynonymsRelated Words- explode
- negate
- contradict
- controvert
- rebut
- refute
- falsify
Antonyms- shew
- show
- demonstrate
- prove
- establish
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