опровергать — meaning in English
oprovergat
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English meaning
- belie verb To lie all around something, or surround it.
- confute verb To prove that a claim or person is wrong.
- deny verb To state that something is not true.
- disprove verb To show that a claim, theory, or belief is false.
- falsify verb To alter information dishonestly, usually to deceive someone.
- refute verb To prove that a claim or argument is false or wrong.
Senses
опровергать is used for these senses in English:
- belie (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
- confute (transitive, now, _, rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
- deny (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
- disprove (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
- falsify (science, otherwise, archaic) To prove to be false.
- refute (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
- upend (transitive, figurative) To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
belie — full definition
- verb To lie all around something, or surround it.
- verb To close in around something; to besiege it.
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