rebut
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of rebut
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
“Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, / Perforce rebutted backe.”
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verb
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To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
“Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, / Perforce rebutted backe.”
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To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
“Rebutting allegations that Scotland's railways had been deliberately run down, he pointed out that in the past nine years over £70m had been spent on their development.”
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rebutten, rebouten, from Old French reboter, rebuter, rebouter, etc., from re- + boter, buter, bouter (“to butt”). Entered English around 1302-1307.
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