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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disprove \Dis*prove"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproving}.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disprove
verb: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" [syn: {confute}] [ant: {prove}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "disprove": abjure, assert the contrary, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, break, confound, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deflate, demolish, deny, destroy, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, discredit, disown, dispute, evert, explode, expose, forswear, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, overthrow, overturn, prove the contrary, puncture, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, shoot, show up, take back, take issue with, traverse, undercut
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