re·but /rɪˈbʌt/
(vi.)反駁,舉反證(vt.)辯駁,反駁,揭露
Re·but v. 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 rebutted back. --Spenser.
2. Law To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
Re·but, v. i.
1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.]
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.
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rebut
v 1: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker
refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: refute]
2: prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, controvert]
[also: rebutting, rebutted]