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† reˈbeat, v.1 Obs.
[f. re- back + beat, prob. after F. rebattre rebate v.1]
trans. To beat back again; to force or drive back, to repel. Hence † reˈbeating vbl. n.
In last quot. perhaps ‘to blunt’: cf. rebate v.1 4.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars iii. cix, An equall fury thrusts to stay And rebeat backe that force. 1611Florio, Rabbattimento, a rebeating backe or downe. a1634Randolph Muses Looking-gl. ii. ii, An undaunted rock, whose constant hardnesse Rebeats the fury of the raging Sea. a1634― Poems (1652) 14 Am I invulnerable? is the Dart Rebeaten which thou levelst at my heart? |