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.