Category:Rebut

Re*but", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.] Etym: [of. reb to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, Thrust. See 1st butt, boutade.]

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.

Rebut Re*but", v. i.

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.