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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  refute \re*fute"\ (r[-e]*f[=u]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Refuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refuting}.] [F. r['e]futer, L.
     refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. {Confute}, {Refuse} to deny.]
     To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or
     countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to
     confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to


     refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.
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           There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that
           it is impossible to refute such multitudes. --Addison.
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     Syn: To confute; disprove. See {Confute}.
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