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Definition of Refuted
1. refute [v] - See also: refute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refuted
Literary usage of Refuted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dissertations on the prophecies, which have remarkably been fulfilled, and ...by Thomas Newton by Thomas Newton (1766)
"... relating to the age of Daniel, refuted; p. 4, 5. ... refuted; p. 5, 6.
His third A 3 objection, ..."
2. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"The Farmer refuted; or, a more comprehensive and impartial View of the Disputes
between Great Britain and the Colonies. Intended as a further Vindication of ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"An argument is confuted by proving its fallacy; a charge is refuted by proving one's
... Paradoxes may be easily confuted; calumnies may be easily refuted; ..."
4. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"... has powerfully and elaborately refuted the opinions of these [heretics].
And to him we are indebted for a knowledge of their inventions, ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"On eon's charges, entitled ' Truth's Triumph,' was derisively refuted by Masterson
in the ' Triumph Stained. ..."
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