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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuff \Re*buff"\, n. [It. ribuffo akin to ribuffare to
repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf {Buff} to
strike, {Buffet} a blow.]
1. Repercussion, or beating back a quick and sudden
resistance.
The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.
--Milton.
2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal;
repellence; rejection of solicitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuff \Re*buff"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuffed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Rebuffing}.]
To beat back to offer sudden resistance to to check; to
repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rebuff
n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of
anger or disapproval) [syn: {slight}]
2: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: {snub}, {repulse}]
v 1: reject outright and bluntly [syn: {snub}, {brush off}, {repel}]
2: force or drive back "repel the attacker" [syn: {repel}, {repulse},
{fight off}, {drive off}, {drive back}]
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