1. Verb
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
2. Verb
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
3. Verb
To retire; to recoil.
4. Verb
To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
5. Verb
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
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