Professor Hay again rebutted Captain Hunt's claim of having detected traces of croton oil in material furnished him by the mother of L.
If the penalty had been but one pound, instead of one hundred pounds, it would have been sufficient, in law, to have rebutted the pretence that the trade was legalized.
This untenable and indeed unintelligible conclusion he ostensibly reaches by a series of arguments that are alternately incoherent and rotatory, of propositions some of which are rebutted by himself, and of assumptions that are plainly astray.
A case like this could not be met or rebutted by any legal proof, and the royal council ordered that it should be decided by single combat.
The argument of Carriere's second edition is analysed and rebutted by Mr. Whittaker, p.
A sneer is not hard to refute when it is unfounded, inasmuch as it implies a proposition, which can be rebutted or turned by another sneer.
Illustration: "You nailed it up," rebutted John flatly.
You nailed it up," rebutted John flatly, his features grave and his whole face clothed in a kind of dignity that to Elder Burbeck was as disconcerting as it was impressive.
They would like to have this last doubt removed, even although they see that I have amply rebutted all suspicion of any crime.
Hence the charge that Anabaptists were enemies of learning, which is sufficientlyrebutted by the fact that the first German translation of the Hebrew prophets was made and printed by two of them, Hetzer and Denk, in 1527.
It was a miserable libel and was at once rebutted by Goodyear.
The pupil, however, was equal to the occasion, andrebutted the dilemma as follows.
A dilemma is said to be rebutted or retorted, when another dilemma is made out proving an opposite conclusion.
The librarian's date stamp on the book is not conclusive, and may be rebutted by other evidence of the actual date of deposit.
In urging this motion he rebutted the "disloyal" imputation, and referred the governor to the unity existing in the country party in proof that inevitable necessity alone had prompted the co-operation of persons hitherto adverse.
This was instantly rebutted by Sir John Pedder and other official persons, who declared their entire disbelief in these charges.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rebutted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
