refute

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) enPR: rə-fyo͞ot, IPA ^(key): /rɪˈfjuːt/ or /rəˈfjut/

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• Hyphenation: re‧fute

Verb

Plain form refute

Third-person singular refutes

Past tense refuted

Past participle refuted

Present participle refuting

1. (transitive) If you refute something, you prove it to be false or incorrect.