rebuffetv.
/riːˈbʌfɪt/, U.S. /riˈbəfət/ Now rare.
transitive. To reject; to hurl back. Also intransitive: to rebound.
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1672 J. Eachard Let. 105 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered Mandringo's Pismires rebuffeted.
1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 251 This was soon Re-buffeted back again upon them, by the Quakers in the West of England.
1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife v. 61 Sathan will re-buffet her again.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 202 Him the North-East incount'ring-fierce defy'd, And back rebuffetted the yielding Tide.
1967 H. Williamson Lucifer before Sunrise 489 A hundred currents met and clashed, spun and eddied and rebuffeted against stony facets of the precipice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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