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Definition of Confutable
1. Adjective. Able to be refuted.
Definition of Confutable
1. a. That may be confuted.
Definition of Confutable
1. Adjective. (archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confutable
Literary usage of Confutable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"The greatest part of his writings is not confutable : it is historical and critical."
Mr. M'Lean said, " the irreligious part ;" and proceeded to talk of ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... ns Irregular mixture ; tumult ; disorder ; indistinct combination ; overthrow ;
destruction ; astonishment ; distraction of mind. confutable ..."
3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"The greatest part of his writings is not confutable : it is historical and critical.'
Mr. M'Lean said,'the irreligious part;' and proceeded to talk of ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"For he has collected the statistical material from which, if he be confutable,
he may be confuted. And accurate and detailed information upon the actual ..."
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