Obs. [f. CONFUTE v.: cf. compute.] Confutation.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. vi. 95. Ridiculous, and false below confute.
1657. J. Sergeant, Schism Dispach’t, II. § 1. 182. What follows is such pittiful stuff, as would under-value the worth of a piece of paper to vouchsafe it a confute.
1697. J. Sergeant, Solid Philos., 36. To set it above all possible Confute.
