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confutest

confutest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of confute.

Meaning of confute

Verb

confute (third-person singular simple present confutes, present participle confuting, simple past and past participle confuted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
    • Procatalepsis is a forme of speech by which the Orator perceiving aforehand what might be objected against him, and hurt him, doth confute it before it be spoken […].1593, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence

Origin of confutest

confute + -est

Questions about confutest

What is confutest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Confutest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of confute.

Words near confutest in the dictionary

  1. confuted
  2. confutement
  3. confuter
  4. confuters
  5. confutes
  6. confutest
  7. confuteth
  8. confuting
  9. confuzzle
  10. confuzzled
  11. confuzzlement

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