Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
REBUTTING
REBUT
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
Verb
rebutting
present participle of rebut
Anagrams
• buttering
Source: Wiktionary
REBUT
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
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