unprove en · VERB
Etymology
un- + prove
Meanings
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(rare, transitive) To disprove.
[…] null hypothesis reasoning, with the highest priority given to unproving diagnoses that might be most serious for the patient […]
1989, Renée Claire Fox, The Sociology of Medicine: A Participant Observer's View, page 50:To unprove Hamel's point, one need look no further than Webvan, the online grocer without a single real store.
2003, Kirk Cheyfitz, Thinking Inside the Box, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unproved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unproved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unproves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unproving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |