Confound and Prove

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Confound verb - To prove to be false.

Usage example: new discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization

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Prove is an antonym for confound.

Nearby Words: confounding, confoundedly

Prove verb - To show the existence or truth of by evidence.

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Confound is an antonym for prove.

Nearby Words: proved, proven, proving, provable

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