опровергать — meaning in English

English meaning

• belie verb To lie around; encompass.
• confute verb To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
• 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

1. verb To lie around; encompass.
2. verb To surround; beleaguer.

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