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infirming

infirming is the present participle and gerund 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 infirming

What is infirming the present participle and gerund of?
Infirming is the present participle and gerund of infirm.

Words near infirming in the dictionary

  1. infirmatories
  2. infirmatory
  3. infirmed
  4. infirmer
  5. infirmest
  6. infirming
  7. infirmitie
  8. infirmities
  9. infirmity
  10. infirmly
  11. infirmness

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