rebut

Definitions


[rɪˈbʌt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false
(e.g: he had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends)

- drive back or repel (a person or attack)
(e.g: but he … their sharp assault right boldly did rebut)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘rebuke’ and ‘repulse’): from Anglo-Norman French rebuter, from Old French re- (expressing opposition) + boter ‘to butt’. Sense 1 (originally a legal use) dates from the early 19th century




definition by Oxford Dictionaries