Definition of rebut

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re·but    (r-bt) KEY 

VERB:
re·but·ted, re·but·ting, re·buts
VERB:
tr.

1. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case.
2. To repel.

VERB:
intr.

To present opposing evidence or arguments.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English reboten, rebutte, to rebuke, repel, from Old French rebouter : re-, re- + bouter, to push ( of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots)