Meaning of REBUT
| Pronunciation: | | ri'but
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- [v] prove to be false or incorrect
- [v] overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
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| | Synonyms: | | controvert, refute, refute |
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| | See Also: | | answer, confute, contradict, controvert, disprove, oppose, renounce, repudiate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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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| | Definition: | | Evidence disproving other evidence previously given or reestablishing the credibility of challenged evidence. (See rejoinder.) |
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