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Rebut

Rebut Meaning & Definition
Rebut Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rebut?

[v] prove to be false or incorrect
[v] overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rebut: controvert | refute | refute

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rebut:

See Also | answer | confute | contradict | controvert | disprove | oppose | renounce | repudiate

Rebut In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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