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dis·prove  (ds-prv)
tr.v. dis·proved, dis·prov·ing, dis·proves
To prove to be false, invalid, or in error; refute.

[Middle English disproven, from Old French desprover : des-, dis- + prover, to prove; see prove.]

dis·prova·ble adj.
dis·proval n.

disprove [dɪsˈpruːv]
vb
(tr) to show (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be incorrect
disprovable  adj
disproval  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
explode - show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
negate, contradict - prove negative; show to be false
controvert, rebut, refute - prove to be false or incorrect
falsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim"
shew, show, demonstrate, prove, establish - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

disprove
verb prove false, discredit, refute, contradict, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The statistics disprove his hypothesis.
show, prove, confirm, verify, ascertain, bear out, substantiate, evince
Translations
disprove [dɪsˈpruːv] VT [+ theory, argument] → refutar, rebatir; [+ claim, allegation] → desmentir

disprove [dɪsˈpruːv] vt [+ theory, claim, notion] → réfuter

disprove
vtwiderlegen

disprove [dɪsˈpruːv] vtconfutare
disprove [dɪsˈpruːv] vtconfutare

disprove
v disprove [disˈpruːv]
to prove to be false or wrong His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research. weerlegbaar يَدْحَض، يُفَنِّد، يُبَرْهِن عَدَم صِحَّة опровергавам vyvrátit modbevise widerlegen αναιρώ, αποδεικνύω ότι κτ. είναι λάθος refutar kummutama نادرستی چیزی را ثابت کردن osoittaa virheelliseksi réfuter לְהָפרִיך झूठा ठहराना dokazati neispravnost, dokazati neistinu megcáfol membuktikan kesalahan hrekja, afsanna smentire 誤りであることを示す 논박하다 paneigti, sugriauti atspēkot; apgāzt membuktikan kesilapan weerleggen motbevise, gjendrive oblać, falsyfikować invalidar a dovedi nete­meinicia опровергать vyvrátiť ovreči opovrgnuti vederlägga, motbevisa พิสูจน์ให้เห็นว่าผิด çürütmek, aksini ispat etmek 證明...不成立, 證明......為誤 спростовувати غلط ثابت کرنا bác bỏ ..., ......


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But a man would have been regarded as frantic who should have attempted at Rome to disprove their existence.
And even if there should be some one who is able to disprove the truth of my words, and who is satisfied that justice is best, still he is not angry with the unjust, but is very ready to forgive them, because he also knows that men are not just of their own free will; unless, peradventure, there be some one whom the divinity within him may have inspired with a hatred of injustice, or who has attained knowledge of the truth--but no other man.
The reasonings contained in these papers must have been employed to little purpose indeed, if it could be necessary now to disprove the reality of this danger.
 
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