Dis-prove', v. t.

verbtransitive

(-pro͞ov'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISPROVED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISPROVING.] [Prefix dis and prove, q. v.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.

  1. To convict of error; to refute. [Obs.] Hooker.
  2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.