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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disprove .
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_Good hearted_ young men, the title disproved, 315.
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. William Wilberforce 1796
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If the assumption that you believe until you see it disproved is that blacks are dumber than whites, then yes, that’s controversial.
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If the assumption that you believe until you see it disproved is that blacks are dumber than whites, then yes, that’s controversial.
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If the assumption that you believe until you see it disproved is that blacks are dumber than whites, then yes, that’s controversial.
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Such a charge, even if disproved, which is not easy against perjured evidence picked up with care, is fatal to supreme usefulness in politics.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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New creature, what it implies, v. 363-365. certain false doctrines founded upon this phrase disproved, 371, 372. this phrase compared with other parallel texts, 416-418.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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Oh, and the assertion that science has "disproved" prayer never fails to amuse.
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You made a claim he had "disproved" a "Papal doctrine" (see earlier).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I saw obits that claimed that Becker and Murphy "disproved" his views about advertising, and Freakonomics has made the same claim.
Eschew Sesquipedalian Obsfucation, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But recent Chinese export numbers "disproved" any theories that Asian economies could survive an American recession.
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