Both Uses of
refute
in
The Mill on the Floss
- But that same Nature has the deep cunning which hides itself under the appearance of openness, so that simple people think they can see through her quite well, and all the while she is secretly preparing a refutation of their confident prophecies.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- Chapter VI Tending to Refute the Popular Prejudice against the Present of a Pocket-Knife In that dark time of December, the sale of the household furniture lasted beyond the middle of the second day.†
Chpt 3.6
Definition:
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(refute) to disprove or argue against