Rebut /(rē̇*bŭt")/

Re·but

Rebut

v. t.

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.
  2. To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. (Law)

Rebut

v. i.
  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.