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Webster 1913 Edition
Rebut
Re-but′
(rē̍-bŭt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rebutted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rebutting
.] 1.
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Who him, rencount’ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce
Perforce
rebutted
back. Spenser.
2.
(Law)
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
Abbott.
Re-but′
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rebut
REBUT'
,Verb.
T.
To repel; to oppose by argument, plea or countervailing proof. [It is used by lawyers in a general sense.]
REBUT'
, v.i.1.
To retire back. Obs.2.
To answer, as a plaintiff's sur-rejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a sur-rejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut.