REBUT', verb transitive [See Butt and Pout.] To repel; to oppose by argument, plea or countervailing proof. [It is used by lawyers in a general sense.] REBUT', verb intransitive 1. To retire back. obsolete 2. To answer, as a plaintiff's sur-rejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a sur-rejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut
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