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disprove

disp·rove

UK/dɪsˈpɹuːv/ US/dɪsˈpɹuv/ uncommon

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prove to be false

  • “The physicist disproved his colleagues”
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From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.

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