rebut en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈbʊt/ (Northern-England)
- /ɹɪˈbɐt/ (Australia)
- /ɹɪˈbʌt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹɪˈbjuːt/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rebutten, rebouten, from Old French reboter, rebuter, rebouter, etc., from re- + boter, buter, bouter (“to butt”). Entered English around 1302-1307.
Meanings
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To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, / Perforce rebutted backe.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 53:
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To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
Rebutting allegations that Scotland's railways had been deliberately run down, he pointed out that in the past nine years over £70m had been spent on their development.
1964 June, “News and Comment: Reprieve in the Far North”, in Modern Railways, page 373:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rebuts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rebutted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rebutted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| rebutting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unrebuttable · counterrebuttal · rebutment · irrebuttable · surrebut · unrebuttably · rebuttable · rebutter · unrebutted · rebuttal · rebuttably · prebut
Translations (35)
cs odrazit (deny the truth of something) · la refellō (deny the truth of something) · es impugnar (deny the truth of something) · ca refutar (deny the truth of something) · el αντικρούω (deny the truth of something) · ja 反証 (deny the truth of something) · mi taiari (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · ga diúltaigh do (deny the truth of something) · sv vederlägga (deny the truth of something) · nl afstoten (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · cs rozporovat (deny the truth of something) · pl obalać (deny the truth of something) · mi whawhati (deny the truth of something) · fa تکذیب کردن (deny the truth of something) · fr réfuter (deny the truth of something) · nl weerleggen (deny the truth of something) · it confutare (deny the truth of something) · mi whakatito (deny the truth of something) · ja 反駁 (deny the truth of something) · bg отричам (deny the truth of something) · mi whakahore (deny the truth of something) · bg отхвърлям (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · cs vyvrátit (deny the truth of something) · cs vyvracet (deny the truth of something) · el ανασκευάζω (deny the truth of something) · pl odrzucać (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · ga bréagnaigh (deny the truth of something) · mi taieri (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · fi torjua (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · mi whakaparau (deny the truth of something) · ca rebutjar (drive back or beat back; to repulse) · pt ilidir (deny the truth of something) · mi whakakore (deny the truth of something) · io refutar (deny the truth of something) · es rebatir (deny the truth of something)