Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-PROVE', v.t. [dis and prove.]

1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to disprove an assertion, a statement, an argument, a proposition.
2. To convict of the practice of error. [Not in use.] – Hooker.
3. To disallow or disapprove. [Not in use.] – Hooker.