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re⋅but

   [ri-buht]
verb, -but⋅ted, -but⋅ting.
–verb (used with object)
1. to refute by evidence or argument.
2. to oppose by contrary proof.
–verb (used without object)
3. to provide some evidence or argument that refutes or opposes.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME reb(o)uten < OF rebouter, equiv. to re- re- + bouter to butt 3
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re·but     (rĭ-bŭt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   re·but·ted, re·but·ting, re·buts

v.   tr.
  1. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case.
  2. To repel.
v.   intr.
To present opposing evidence or arguments.

[Middle English reboten, rebutte, to rebuke, repel, from Old French rebouter : re-, re- + bouter, to push (of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots).]
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