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Definition of Rebut
1. Verb. Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof. "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
Generic synonyms: Disown, Renounce, Repudiate
Specialized synonyms: Contradict, Controvert, Oppose, Answer
Derivative terms: Rebuttal, Rebutter, Rebutter, Refutation, Refutation, Refuter
2. Verb. Prove to be false or incorrect.
Generic synonyms: Confute, Disprove
Derivative terms: Rebutter, Refutation, Refutation, Refuter
Definition of Rebut
1. v. t. To drive or beat back; to repulse.
2. v. i. To retire; to recoil.
Definition of Rebut
1. Verb. To drive back or beat back; to repulse. ¹
2. Verb. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rebut
1. to refute [v -BUTTED, -BUTTING, -BUTS] - See also: refute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebut
| rebulb rebulbed rebulbing rebulbs rebulite rebullition reburial reburials reburied reburies | rebury reburying rebus rebuses rebuslike rebut (current term) rebutia rebutias rebuts |
Literary usage of Rebut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Criminal law <§=351 (3)—Voluntary surrender held not to rebut flight. ...
would not rebut evidence tending to show Sight just after the commission of the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"If the presumption is conclusive by law, it is manifest that evidence to rebut
would be useless and out of place ; but whether it is admissible if the Court ..."
3. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"To rebut or support an equity.—Cases arise in which parol evidence ... That is,
parol evidence is admissible to rebut a disputable presumption of law raised ..."
4. A Manual of the Law of Wills: As Determined by the Leading Courts of England by Charles Fisk Beach, Edwin A. Pratt (1888)
"Of evidence of intent to rebut legal presumptions. — Legal presumptions are deemed
to be in the nature of latent ambiguities, so far as to admit of parol ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law and Practice Relating to Vendors and Purchasers of by Joseph Henry Dart, William Barber, Sheldon, William Robert, 1857- (1888)
"A subsequent parol admission by a child that he holds only as trustee, may rebut
the .presumption in favour of advancement (b); but the fact that the child, ..."
6. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Starkie, George Morley Dowdeswell, John George Malcolm, George Sharswood (1876)
"... a lease to rabbits, meant 1200.1 *It is a general rule, that oral and extrinsic
evidence is r*ytS-1 admissible to rebut a presumption of law or equity. ..."
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