v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting. ] [ OF. rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce rebutted back. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To retire; to recoil. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being rebutted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. [ 1913 Webster ]