rebut-table

verb (used with object)

to refute by evidence or argument.

to oppose by contrary proof.

verb (used without object)

to provide some evidence or argument that refutes or opposes.

Origin:
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 study at deny) ; 2. disapprove, disprove, rebut, refute.

Synonyms
1. disprove, confute.

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rebut (rɪˈbʌt)

—vb , -buts, -butting, -butted
	(tr) to refute or disprove, esp by offering a contrary contention or argument

[C13: from Old French reboter, from re- + boter to thrust, butt³]

re'buttable

—*adj*

re'buttal

—n

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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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