Rebut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rebut	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebut v overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" Synonym(s): refute, rebut prove to be false or incorrect Synonym(s): refute, rebut, controvert
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.