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Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.

Act of refuting; refutation.

The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. Macaulay.…

Tending tu refute; refuting.

evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. Addison.

One who, or that which, refutes.

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.

A prerogative of royalty. [R.] Johnson.

The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.

One who regales.

That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.

Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam.

The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy. [R.] Cardinal Manning.

Royalty; ssovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction. [Passion] robs reason of her due regalitie. Spenser. He came partly in by the sword, and had high courage in all points of regality. Bacon.

In a regal or royal manner.

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. Shak.

Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Looking behind; looking backward watchfully. [He] turns thither his regardant eye. Southey.

One who regards.