misprove

Verb

misprove (third-person singular simple present misproves, present participle misproving, simple past and past participle misproved)

1. (archaic) To disprove; to provide evidence that contradicts.
   • At this Giulio abode stupefied and well-nigh beside himself, acknowledging that Delio spoke the truth; nevertheless, impatient to rid himself of the annoy wherein he found himself, "I know very full well," quoth he, "that thou sayest sooth and that, if this wicked woman choose to be obstinate and...1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels of Matteo Bandello: Bishop of Agen - Volume 4, page 277
   • The history of how the thing came to be written, and why I kept it unaltered in translating, would prove ( or misprove ) this mistake the critic makes.1899 (work published in 2000), Mary Antin, edited by Evelyn Salz, Selected Letters of Mary Antin, page 18
2. To provide an erroneous proof for.
   • It is easy to ignore the difference between theory and law. It is easy to pull data out of context to misprove things. (They make it look like something is true when it is really false.)2018, Douglas K. Johanson, Creationism and the Book of Revelation