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Pronunciation : Re*but"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OF. reb to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.]
Definition : 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. Spenser.

2. (Law)

Defn: To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott.

t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*but"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. (Law)

Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913