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Main Entry:: ¹re·bate
Pronunciation:: \ˈrē-ˌbāt, ri-ˈ\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: re·bat·ed; re·bat·ing
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French rebatre, rabatre to beat back, deduct, from re- + abatre to strike down, from a- (from Latin ad-) + batre to beat, from Latin battuere
Date:: 14th century

transitive verb1: to reduce the force or activity of : diminish2: to reduce the sharpness of : blunt3 a: to make a rebate of b: to give a rebate tointransitive verb: to give rebates

— re·bat·er noun

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