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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.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.
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Language Translation for : rebut
Spanish:
escoria,
German:
der Abschaum,
Japanese:
くず
rebut
c.1300, from O.Fr. rebuter "to thrust back," from re- "back" + boter "to thrust, hit" (see butt (v.)). Sense of "try to disprove, refute" is from 1817. Rebuttal first recorded 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·but
Pronunciation: ri-'b&t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·but·ted; re·but·ting
Etymology: 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 opposing evidence) by evidence or argument <rebut damaging testimony> <rebut a presumption> —re·but·ta·ble adjective —re·but·ta·bly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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