Meanings
- archaicformalnot comparableThat can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
Nor can we accept the suggestion that a sentence should be allowed to be factually significant if, and only if, it expresses something which is definitely confutable by experience.
1936, A. J. Ayer, chapter 1, in Language, Truth, and Logic, London: Victor Gollancz, published 1947, page 381 more example
That Caucasus enjoys the Sunbeams three parts of the Nights Vigils; that Danubius ariseth from the Pyrenæan Hills: That the Earth is higher towards the North: are opinions truly charged on Aristotle by the Restorer of Epicurus; and all easily confutable falsities.
1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter 20, in John Owen, editor, Scepsis Scientifica, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., published 1885, page 152
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveable to be refuted
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Origin
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