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Re*but" (r&euptack_;*bŭt"), 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.]
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1. To drive or beat back; to repulse.
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Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce rebutted back. Spenser.
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2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott.
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Re*but", v. i. 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
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The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut. Blackstone.
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