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rebutment|rɪˈbʌtmənt|
[a. obs. F. rebuttement (also reboutte-, reboute-): see rebut v. and -ment.]
The act of rebutting; the fact of being rebutted. Now only as = rebuttal.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 40 Iustled head-long downe..and breaking their backes with their stumbling rebutment. 1623Cockeram, Rebutments, iustlings. 1824–6Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. 204 In fact, ‘will I’ can only be used in the rebutment of a question. 1871Daily News 11 Mar., In rebutment of the presumption of law. |
