rebut
- rebut
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verb
(rebutted; rebutting)
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French reboter, from re- + boter to butt — more at butt
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to drive or beat back ; repel
2.
a. to contradict or oppose by formal legal argument, plea, or countervailing proof
b. to expose the falsity of ; refute
intransitive verb
to make or furnish an answer or counter proof
• rebuttable adjective
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rebut — rebut … Dictionnaire des rimes
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rebut — re·but /ri bət/ vt re·but·ted, re·but·ting [Anglo French reboter rebuter to answer a charge, bar from an action, literally, to repulse, rebuff, from Old French reboter, from re back + boter to push, butt]: to refute, counteract, or disprove (as… … Law dictionary
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rebut — Rebut, C est ce qui est rejecté, comme ne rien valant ou ne servant. Comme je n ay eu à ma part que le rebut du butin, Reiiculum, Reiectaneum. Selon ce on dit brebis de rebut, Oues reiiculae … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Rebut — Re*but , v. i. 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff s surrejoinder. [1913 Webster] The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rebut — Re*but (r[ e]*b[u^]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebutting}.] [OF. rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st {Butt}, {Boutade}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rebut — (fr., spr. Rebüh), 1) Abweisung, abschlägige Antwort; 2) Schadhaftigkeit. Ausschuß; 3) Abschaum der Menschheit; 4) Verweigerung der Annahme einer zugesandten schlecht beschaffenen Waare. Daher Rebutiren, schadhafte Waaren von den guten absondern … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Rebut — (franz., spr. röbǖ), Abweisung, abschlägige Antwort, Verweigerung der Annahme zugesandter, als schlecht befundener Waren; dann die schadhafte Ware selbst, Ausschuß, Brackware, Basel. Rebutieren, verwerfen, entschieden zurückweisen … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon