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refute

/ɹɪfˈjuːt/rih-FYOOT
/ɹɪfˈjut/rih-FYOOT

Meaningrepel or rebut

Common meaning: prove a statement or argument wrong

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHU‘pour’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 121, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latinrefutare‘repel or rebut’source
  3. Frenchréfuter‘rebut’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsrebut → prove a statement or argument wrongrefute‘prove a statement or argument wrong’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin refutare ‘repel or rebut’.

Roots

Related words

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