refute, rebut, controvert
(verb) prove to be false or incorrect
refute, rebut
(verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; “The speaker refuted his opponent’s arguments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rebut (third-person singular simple present rebuts, present participle rebutting, simple past and past participle rebutted)
To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
• Ubert, brute, buret, tuber
Source: Wiktionary
Re*but", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.] Etym: [OF. reb to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.]
1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. Spenser.
2. (Law)
Definition: To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott.
Re*but", v. i.
1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. (Law)
Definition: To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
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