Re*but" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.] [OF. rebter 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
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.
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.
Blackstone.
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