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refutatory

refutatory adjective: tending to refute.

Adjective

refutatory (comparative more refutatory, superlative most refutatory)

  1. Tending to refute.
    • refutatory discoure
    • refutatory evidence

Forms of refutatory

comparativemore refutatory
superlativemost refutatory

Origin of refutatory

Latin refutatorius: compare French réfutatoire.

Questions about refutatory

What does refutatory mean?
Refutatory means tending to refute.
What part of speech is refutatory?
Refutatory is an adjective.

Words near refutatory in the dictionary

  1. refutationist
  2. refutationists
  3. refutations
  4. refutative
  5. refutatively
  6. refutatory
  7. refute
  8. refuted
  9. refuter
  10. refuters
  11. refutes

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