'Disprove' definitions:

Definition of 'disprove'

From: WordNet
verb
Prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" [syn: disprove, confute] [ant: demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show]

Definition of 'Disprove'

From: GCIDE
  • Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]
  • 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. [1913 Webster]
  • That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling. [1913 Webster]

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