intransitive and transitive (with the person addressed as object). To make a reply or (esp.) a rejoinder to a superior; = to answer back at phrasal…

transitive. To respond by applying (a charge, argument, accusation, etc.) to (also against, upon) the person who made it. Obsolete.

transitive. In disputation or discussion: to turn or direct (an argument made) upon or against an opponent; to meet or answer (an argument, etc.) by…

transitive. To blame, cast back (a fault, etc.) upon a person (rarely, a thing). Also with in and to. Obsolete.

Chiefly in legal contexts. transitive. To charge or accuse in return. Obsolete.

To hurl forth as a missile or argument. Obsolete.

transitive. To turn (an objection, accusation, argument, etc.) back against (also upon) the person who made it. Cf. inversion, n. 1. Obsolete.

transitive. To throw back or rebut (an insult or assertion).

transitive. To make (a countercharge or counter-accusation) against or upon a person. Obsolete.

Chiefly Law. transitive. To refute, disprove, reject (evidence, a charge, an argument, etc.); to provide a counter-argument to.

transitive. To oppose with a contrary charge or injunction. Obsolete.

intransitive. To meet with; to happen or light upon; to make resistance against; to reply to an adverse statement or contention; to prove adverse to…

transitive. To bring proof contrary to; to disprove. Obsolete.