English-Thai Dictionary

disprove

VT พิสูจน์ ให้ เห็น ว่า ผิด  พิสูจน์ ว่า ผิด  refule discredit explode prove pi-sud-hai-hen-wa-pid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISPROVE

v.t.[dis and prove. ] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to disprove an assertion, a statement, an argument, a proposition.
2. To convict of the practice of error. [Not in use. ]
3. To disallow or disapprove. [Not in use. ]

 

DISPROVED

pp. Proved to be false or erroneous; refuted.

 

DISPROVER

n.One that disproves or confutes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISPROVE

Dis *prove ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. & vb. n.Disproving. ] Etym: [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.

 

DISPROVER

DISPROVER Dis *prov "er, n.

 

Defn: One who disproves or confutes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disprove

dis prove |disˈpro͞ov dɪsˈpruv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] prove that (something ) is false: he has given the Department of Transportation two months to disprove the allegation. DERIVATIVES dis prov a ble adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French desprover.

 

Oxford Dictionary

disprove

dis |prove |dɪsˈpruːv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] prove that (something ) is false: he has given the Department of Transport two months to disprove the allegation. DERIVATIVES disprovable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French desprover.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disprove

disprove verb Wesley's version of the story should be easy to disprove: refute, prove false, falsify, debunk, negate, invalidate, contradict, confound, controvert, discredit; informal poke holes in, blow out of the water, shoot down; formal confute.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disprove

disprove verb new forensic evidence disproved the allegations: refute, prove false, show to be false, give the lie to, rebut, deny, falsify, debunk, negate, invalidate, contradict, confound, be at odds with, demolish, discredit; challenge, call into question; informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames ), blow sky-high, blow out of the water; formal confute, gainsay; rare controvert, negative. ANTONYMS prove.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disprove

dis prove /dɪsprúːv /動詞 他動詞 〈理論など 〉の誤りを証明する, 反証をあげる .