Found 3 items, similar to rebut.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rebut menangkis
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rebut rebut v 1: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; “The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments” [syn: refute] 2: prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, controvert] [also: rebutting, rebutted]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rebut 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] 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]