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Pronunciation : Re*bate"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. rebattre to beat again; pref re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]
Definition : 1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise. But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. Shak.

2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. Blount. Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*bate"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*bate"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Diminution.

2. (Com.)

Defn: Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*bate"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Rabbet.]
Definition : 1. (Arch.)

Defn: A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes.

3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes.

4. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.]

Defn: A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*bate"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913