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disprove

verb
/dɪsˈpɹuːv/UK/dɪsˈpɹuv/US/dɪsˈpɹʉːv/

Etymology

From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.

  1. derived from desprover
  2. inherited from disproven

Definitions

  1. To prove to be false or erroneous

    To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

    • disprove a theory
    • disprove a hypothesis

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disprove. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at disprove. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at disprove

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA