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rebut | unrebutted |

As a verb rebut

is to drive back or beat back; to repulse.

As an adjective unrebutted is

not having been rebutted.

rebut

English

Verb

(rebutt)
  • To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • * Spenser
    • Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.
  • (senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

    • Derived terms

    * rebuttal * rebutter

    References

    * " rebut, v. " listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    unrebutted

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not having been rebutted.