Rebut — Defs

01 v. t. To drive or beat back; to repulse.

imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting

1.
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
“Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back.” — Spenser.
2.
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.(Law)

02 v. i. To retire; to recoil.

1.
To retire; to recoil.[Obs.]
2.
To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.(Law)
“The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut.” — Blackstone.