'Rebut' definitions:
Definition of 'rebut'
(from WordNet)
verb
Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: refute, rebut]
verb
Prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, rebut, controvert]
Definition of 'Rebut'
From: GCIDE
- Rebut \Re*but"\, v. i.
- 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. [1913 Webster]
- The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rebut'
From: GCIDE
- Rebut \Re*but"\ (r[-e]*b[u^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.] [OF. rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. [1913 Webster]
- Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rebut'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- allege in support,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- argue for,
- assert,
- be contrary to,
- belie,
- blow sky-high,
- break,
- call into question,
- challenge,
- champion,
- confound,
- confute,
- contend for,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- countercharge,
- counterclaim,
- cross,
- crush,
- defeat,
- defend,
- demolish,
- deny,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- disconfirm,
- discredit,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- disprove,
- espouse,
- evert,
- expose,
- finish,
- floor,
- gainsay,
- hold off,
- invalidate,
- keep off,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- make a rebuttal,
- negate,
- nonplus,
- oppugn,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- parry,
- plead for,
- puncture,
- put to silence,
- rebuff,
- reduce to silence,
- refute,
- reject,
- rejoin,
- repel,
- reply,
- repulse,
- respond,
- riposte,
- ruin,
- say in defense,
- settle,
- shoot down,
- shut up,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stand up for,
- stave off,
- stick up for,
- subvert,
- support,
- surrebut,
- surrejoin,
- sustain,
- traverse,
- undermine,
- uphold,
- upset,
- urge reasons for,
- ward off