Associations to the word «Refute»

Wiktionary

REFUTE, verb. (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
REFUTE, verb. (transitive) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

Dictionary definition

REFUTE, verb. Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments".
REFUTE, verb. Prove to be false or incorrect.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne