refūtō āvī, ātus, āre
re+FV-,
to check, drive back, repress
: nationes refutandas bello putare.
—Fig.,
to repel, repress, resist, restrain, oppose
: vi vim oblatam: refutetur ac reiciatur ilie clamor: ad
mortem si te (fors dicta refutet!) Prodiderim,
may fate avert
, V.—
To repel, rebut, confute, refute, disprove
: videntur ea esse refutanda: te refutandum arbitrari: nostra
confirmare argumentis, deinde contraria refutare: oratio re magis quam verbis
refutata: tribunos oratione.