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rebut |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rebut \Re*but"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebutted}; p. pr & vb n. {Rebutting}.] [OF. reb??ter to repulse, drive back pref. re- + bouter to push thrust. See 1st {Butt}, {Boutade}.] 1. To drive or beat back to repulse. Who him recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back --Spenser. 2. (Law) To contradict, meet or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. --Abbott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rebut \Re*but"\, v. i. 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. (Law) To make or put in an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant. --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rebut v 1: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: {refute}, {disprove}] 2: prove to be false or incorrect [syn: {refute}, {controvert}]
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