confute
verb (used with object)
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove.
confuter
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a word derived from
confute.
Example Sentences
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But now a new confuter had risen to balk him.
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
This was our question, this we debated, and this Mr. K. might have sent for, and have spoken to, since he will needs be a confuter.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
