| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·but |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -b t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·but·ted, re·but·ting, re·buts
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case. 2. To repel. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To present opposing evidence or arguments. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English reboten, rebutte, to rebuke, repel, from Old French rebouter : re-, re- + bouter, to push (of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Appendix I).
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