'Disproving' definitions:
Definition of 'Disproving'
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]