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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.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English reb(o)uten < Old French rebouter, equivalent to re- re- + bouter to butt3
1250–1300; Middle English reb(o)uten < Old French rebouter, equivalent to re- re- + bouter to butt3
Related forms
re·but·ta·ble, adjective
un·re·but·ta·ble, adjective
un·re·but·ted, adjective
Can be confused: 1. deny, disapprove, disprove, rebut, refute (see synonym note at deny); 2. disapprove, disprove, rebut, refute.
Synonyms
1. disprove, confute.
1. disprove, confute.
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Word Origin & History
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.
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