disprove
verb (used with object)
to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.
was disproving
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past progressiveof disprove.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Unconsciously as yet even to herself, she was disproving his "superior clay" theory.
From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe
