n. [ OF. refuite. ] Refuge. “Thou haven of refut.” [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being refutable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. réfutable. ] Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of refuting; refutation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. refutatio: cf. F. réfutation. ] The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. [ 1913 Webster ]
Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. refutatorius: cf. F. réfutatoire. ] Tending to refute; refuting. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, refutes. [ 1913 Webster ]