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  1  definition  found 
 
  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. 




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