Re*bate" (?), v. t. [F. rebattre to beat again; pref re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]
1.
To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.
Shak.
2.
To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
Blount.
<-- 2 (b). To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting. -->
Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
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Re*bate", v. i.
To abate; to withdraw.
[Obs.]
Foxe.
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Re*bate", n.
1.
Diminution.
2. Com.
Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
Bouvier.
<-- 2 (b). A portion of a sum paid, returned to the purchaser, as a method of discounting. The rebate is sometimes returned by the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the retailer by the purchaser. -->
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Re*bate", n. [See Rabbet.]
1. Arch.
A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
2.
A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
Elmes.
3.
An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
Elmes.
4. [Perhaps a different word.]
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
[R.]
Elmes.
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Re*bate", v. t.
To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
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