disprove : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disprove	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disprove v prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" Synonym(s): disprove, confute Antonym(s): demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disprove \Disprove"\, v. t. [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.