All 3 Uses
refute
in
The Apology, by Plato
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- I reflected that if I could only find a man wiser than myself, then I might go to the god with a refutation in my hand.†
*refutation = evidence or argument that something is false
- This is true, O Athenians, or, if not true, would be soon refuted.†
refuted = disproved or argued against
- But I cannot in a moment refute great slanders; and, as I am convinced that I never wronged another, I will assuredly not wrong myself.†
refute = disprove or argue against
Definitions:
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(1)
(refute) to disprove or argue against
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)