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To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

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  1. v. t. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
  2. v. t. To disallow; to disapprove of.
  3. v. prove to be false
  4. 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.
  5. v:100 v. prove to be false