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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• refutation:
      1. 1. rĕfūtātio: the r. of a charge, r. accusationis, Cic. Top. 25, 93: the function of an advocate consists wholly in r., pars defensoris tota est posita in refutatione, Quint. 5, 13, 1 (q. v.).
      2. 2. confūtātio: r. is the act of invalidating opposite positions, c. est contrariorum locorum dissolutio, Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4.
      3. 3. rĕprĕhensio: corroboration and r., confirmatio et r., Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44; Quint. 5, 7, 14.
      4. 4. dissŏlūtio (a reply): a r. of the charges, d. criminum, Cic. Clu. 1, 3.
      5. 5. responsio: a r. of one's own argument, sibi ipsi r., Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207: v. reply.
      6. 6. rĕvictio, Ps. Apul. Dogm. Plat. p. 31, ad fin.
      7. 7. expr. more freq. by verbs: the trustworthiness of the oracles admits either of proof or r., oraculorum fides confirmari aut refelli potest, Quint. 5, 7, 36: v. foll. arts.