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confute-verb [kuh
n-fyoot]
1. to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
2. to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof: to confute one's opponent.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confute
The fact that he ate dinner with his normal, hearty appetite did not confute his mother's suspicion that he was the one who had eaten three cookies an hour before.

1. to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
2. to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof: to confute one's opponent.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confute
The fact that he ate dinner with his normal, hearty appetite did not confute his mother's suspicion that he was the one who had eaten three cookies an hour before.