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disproove

disproove is the obsolete form of disprove.

Meaning of disprove

Verb

disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproved or disproven)

  1. (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
    • disprove a theory
    Synonyms:
    disconfirm

Forms of disproove

third-person singular presentdisprooves
present participledisprooving
past participledisprooved
pastdisprooved

Questions about disproove

What is disproove the obsolete form of?
Disproove is the obsolete form of disprove.

Words near disproove in the dictionary

  1. disprofited
  2. disprofiting
  3. disprofits
  4. disproof
  5. disproofs
  6. disproove
  7. disprooved
  8. disprooves
  9. disprooving
  10. dispropertied
  11. disproperties

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disproove (page history and authors); disprove (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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