(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:09:03

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.

That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.

2.

To disallow; to disapprove of.

[Obs.]

Stirling.

 

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