rebut
verb /rɪˈbʌt/
/rɪˈbʌt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rebut | /rɪˈbʌt/ /rɪˈbʌt/ |
| he / she / it rebuts | /rɪˈbʌts/ /rɪˈbʌts/ |
| past simple rebutted | /rɪˈbʌtɪd/ /rɪˈbʌtɪd/ |
| past participle rebutted | /rɪˈbʌtɪd/ /rɪˈbʌtɪd/ |
| -ing form rebutting | /rɪˈbʌtɪŋ/ /rɪˈbʌtɪŋ/ |
- rebut something to say or prove that a statement or criticism is false synonym refute
- an attempt to publicly rebut rumours of a divorce
Extra Examples- The defendants were unable to rebut the charges of negligence.
- This presumption can be rebutted by evidence showing the contrary.
- to rebut a claim/an allegation/an argument
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRebut is used with these nouns as the object:- argument
- charge
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘rebuke’ and ‘repulse’): from Anglo-Norman French rebuter, from Old French re- (expressing opposition) + boter ‘to butt’. The current sense (originally a legal use) dates from the early 19th cent.