confutes is a form of:

Confute



verbpast tense: confuted ; past participle: confuted ; present participle: confuting ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to prove (a person or argument), to wrong, to prove to be in error or false) ធ្វើឲ្យជឿឬឲ្យចូលចិត្ដ, បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល, confute anargument ឆ្លើយបដិសេធ, ពិសោធន៍ថាខុស, confute their efforts ធ្វើមិនឱ្យសម្រេច
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: confuted ; past participle: confuted ; present participle: confuting ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.