rebut

See also: rebût

English

Etymology

Entered English around 1302–1307, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French reboter, rebuter, rebouter, etc., from re- + boter, buter, bouter (“to butt”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɹɪ.ˈbʌt/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ʌt

Verb

1. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
   • Edmund Spenser

     Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.

3. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• counterrebuttal
• irrebuttable
• rebuttable
• rebuttably
• rebuttal

• rebutter
• unrebuttable
• unrebuttably
• unrebutted

Translations

deny the truth of something

• Italian: confutare (it)
• Japanese: 反証 (ja) (hanshou), 反駁 (ja) (hanbaku)
• Maori: whakahore, whakatito, whawhati, whakakore, whakaparau
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: تکذیب کردن (fa) (takzib kardan)
• Polish: obalać (pl) impf
• Swedish: vederlägga (sv)

drive back or beat back; to repulse

• Maori: taiari, taieri
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: odrzucać (pl) impf

References

• "rebut, v." listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

Anagrams

• brute, buret, tuber

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈβut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈbut]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ut

Noun

rebut m (plural rebuts)

1. receipt (acknowledgement that something has been received)

Synonyms

• rebuda

Verb

rebut

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French

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ʁəby/

Verb

rebut

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular past historic of reboire

Noun

rebut m (plural rebuts)

1. (archaic) casting-off, throwing-away
2. cast-off; scrap, rubbish
3. scum, dreg
4. dead letter

Further reading

• “rebut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• brute, buter, tuber