rebut
/ɹɪˈbʌt/
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Northern England/ɹɪˈbʊt/
rebut verb: to drive back or beat back; to repulse.
Verb
rebut (third-person singular simple present rebuts, present participle rebutting, simple past and past participle rebutted)
- 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
- 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
rebut meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
rebut in Tamil
- எதிர்த்துரை, குறுக்கே பேசு, மறுதலித்தல், மறுத்துரை, மறுத்துவிடு
rebut in Urdu
- مسترد کرنا, پیچھے ڈھکیلنا, رد کرنا
rebut in Bengali
- পেছনে ঠেলে দেওয়া, প্রতিহত করা
rebut in Malayalam
- deny, refute, disprove
- എതിർവാദം ചെയ്യുക, പ്രത്യാഖ്യാനം നടത്തുക, ഖണ്ഡിക്കുക, എതിർ തെളിവുകൾ കൊണ്ടു ഖണ്ഡിക്കുക, തിരിച്ചടി നൽകുക, വാദത്തെ ഖണ്ഡിക്കുക
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- rebut in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಲಗಳೆ, ತಬ್ಬೆಂದು ತೋರಿಸು
- rebut in Persian
- تکذیب کردن takzib kardan
Forms of rebut
| third-person singular present | rebuts |
|---|---|
| present participle | rebutting |
| past participle | rebutted |
| past | rebutted |
Origin of rebut
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.
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Words that rhyme with rebut
Questions about rebut
- What does rebut mean?
- Rebut means to drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- What is rebut in Tamil?
- Rebut in Tamil is எதிர்த்துரை, குறுக்கே பேசு, மறுதலித்தல். See Rebut meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rebut?
- Rebut is a verb.
- How do you pronounce rebut?
- Rebut is pronounced /ɹɪˈbʌt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of rebut?
- The past tense of rebut is rebutted.
Words near rebut in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rebut (page history and authors); rebut (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebut (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebut (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebut (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rebut (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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