Confute in a sentence as a verb

"read not to contradict and confute, but to weigh and consider" ~ sir francis bacon.

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.” -Francis Bacon

There they confute all opinions, and boldly they may do it, for as much as no liberty of reply or vindication in public is allowed to any, though never so much scandalized by them.

Confute definitions

verb

prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

See also: disprove