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infirmed

infirmed is the simple past and past participle of infirm.

Meaning of infirm

Verb

infirm (third-person singular simple present infirms, present participle infirming, simple past and past participle infirmed)

  1. To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
    • The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether the probability of it being correct increases or decreases during the episode.
    Synonyms:
    disconfirm

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Questions about infirmed

What is infirmed the simple past and past participle of?
Infirmed is the simple past and past participle of infirm.

Words near infirmed in the dictionary

  1. infirmary
  2. infirmation
  3. infirmative
  4. infirmatories
  5. infirmatory
  6. infirmed
  7. infirmer
  8. infirmest
  9. infirming
  10. infirmitie
  11. infirmities

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