confute
/kənˈfjuːt/verb
with obj.
- formal prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong〈正式〉驳斥, 驳倒（人, 主张, 指控）：
restorers who sought to confute this view were accused of ignorance.
试图驳斥这种观点的修复者被指责为无知。
派生词
confutation
noun词源
early 16th cent.: from Latin confutare 'restrain， answer conclusively'， from con- 'altogether'+ the base of refutare 'refute'.