About The Word Rebut
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Rebut
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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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