\Re*bate"\, v. t. [F. rebattre to beat again; pref re-
re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See
{Abate}.]
1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt;
   to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
         But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. --Shak.
2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due,
   or customs duties. --Blount.
{Rebated cross}, a cross which has the extremities of the
   arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.

\Re*bate"\, v. i.
To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Foxe.

\Re*bate"\, n.
1. Diminution.
2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for
   immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
   --Bouvier.

\Re*bate"\, n. [See {Rabbet}.]
1. (Arch.) A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut
   in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See {Rabbet}.
2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to
   beat out mortar. --Elmes.
3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used
   for dressing and polishing wood. --Elmes.
4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used
   in making pavements. [R.] --Elmes.

\Re*bate"\, v. t.
To cut a rebate in. See {Rabbet}, v.