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(rbt"), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n.Rebutting.] [OF. rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.] 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. Spenser. 2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott. Rebut" 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 may rebut. Blackstone. スポンサード リンク
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