Crossword-Solution: CONFUTE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Confute | v. t. | To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence. |
We have 26 clues for the answer “CONFUTE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Prove to be wrong. | 1 answer |
| Overwhelm in argument | 1 answer |
| Overwhelm by argument | 1 answer |
| CONVICT person of error by proof | 1 answer |
| disconfirm | 3 answers |
| Prove wrong | 4 answers |
| Prove false | 7 answers |
| Explain away. | 8 answers |
| disbelieve | 9 answers |
| Rebut | 12 answers |
| Disprove | 14 answers |
| Controvert | 17 answers |
| infringe | 25 answers |
| Refute | 33 answers |
| Impugn | 34 answers |
| ___ disagree. | 38 answers |
| Negate | 45 answers |
| Disavow | 49 answers |
| dissent | 51 answers |
| ACT as a drag | 52 answers |
| differ | 57 answers |
| Confound | 59 answers |
| Fall out | 68 answers |
| Chal-lenge | 70 answers |
| demur | 79 answers |
| BREAK ___ | 105 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CONFUTE (5)
The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute: The subtle Alchemist that in a Trice Life's leaden Metal into Gold transmute.
The man stuck a thumb in the belt of his Norfolk jacket, and the verses flowed on: "The grape that can with logic absolute The two and seventy jarring sects confute: The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute." Jimmy's mouth fell open, and he slowly nodded indorsement of the sentiment.
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
Those that, to confute their incredulity, desire to see apparitions, shall, questionless, never behold any, nor have the power to be so much as witches.
Bad meats will scarce breed good nourishment in the healthiest concoction; but herein the difference is of bad books, that they to a discreet and judicious reader serve in many respects to discover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illustrate.
Quotes with CONFUTE (2)
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Wrong fails because it is wrong. The wrongs, the untruths, are inconsistent with each other. They clash against each other and confute each other. They neutralize each other and are lost.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1957–2017).