rebate 
One who . . . 
. . . doth rebate and blunt his natural edge 
With profits of the mind, study and fast. 
Shak., M. forM., i. 4. 60. 
Thou wilt belie opinion, and rebate 
The ambition of thy gallantry. 
Beau, and Fl., Laws of Tandy, i. -1. 
But the broad belt, with plates of silver bound, 
The point rebated, and repelled the wound. 
Pope, Iliad, xi. 304. 
3. To set or throw off; allow as a discount or 
abatement; make a drawback of. See the 
noun. [Bare or obsolete.] 
Yet was I verie ill satisfied, and forced to rebate part [of 
a debt], and to take wares as payment for the rest. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 332. 
Il.t intrans. To draw back or away; with- 
draw; recede. 
He began alittle to rebate from certain points of popery. 
Foxe, Martyrs, p. 1021, an. 1565. 
rebate 1 (re-bat'), M. [< rebate 1 , v. Cf.rabate,n.] 
Diminution; retrenchment; specifically, an al- 
lowance by way of discount or drawback ; a 
deduction from a gross amount Rebate and 
discount, in arith., a rule by which abatements and dis- 
counts upon ready-money payments are calculated. 
rebate 2 (re -bat'), n. [An altered form of 
rabate: see rabate and rabbet.'] 1. A longi- 
tudinal space or groove cut back or sunk in a 
piece of joinery, timber, or the like, to receive 
the edge of some other part. 
On the periphery at the socket end [of the brush] a shal- 
low rebate is formed, to receive the binding string. 
Spons' Encyc. Manuf., I. 544. 
2. A kind of hard freestone used in pavements. 
Slices. 3. Apiece of wood fastened to a han- 
dle, used for beating mortar. Elwes. 
rebate 13 (re-bat'), v. t.; pret. and pp. rebated, 
ppr. rebating, [(rebate 2 , .] To make a rebate 
or rabbet in, as a piece of joinery or other work ; 
rabbet. 
rebated (re-ba'ted),/i. a. 1. In her., cut short: 
noting any ordinary, especially a cross, charac- 
terized by having one or more of its arms too 
short to reach the edge of the field. 2. Blunt. 
rebatement (re-bat'ment), . [<C rebate^- + 
ment.~\ 1. The act of rebating, or the state of 
being rebated ; a blunting ; abatement ; draw- 
back. [Rare.] 2. Inlter.: (a) A cutting off, or 
shortening, as of one arm of a cross, or the 
like. (b) Same as abatement, in the sense of 
degradation of or dishonorable addition to a 
coat-armor. 3. A narrowing. 
For without in the wall of the house he made narrowed 
rests [margin : narrowings, or rebatements] round about, 
that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the 
house. 1 Ki. vi. 8. 
In the description of the side-chambers of the temple, 
the rebatement signifies the narrowing of the walls which 
left a ledge lor the joists of the upper chambers to rest 
on. W. A. Wright, Bible Word-Book, p. 497. 
rebatot, Same as rabato. 
rebaudt, rebawdet, rebaudryt. Obsolete forms 
of ribald, ribaldry. 
rebec, rebeck (re'bek), n. [(a) Early mod. E. 
also rebeke; < ME. rebeeke, rebckke, rebeke, < OF. 
rebec, rebeke, F. rebec = Pg. rabeca = It. ribeca, 
ribecca (ML. rebeea, rebecca) ; also with diff. ter- 
minations, (b) F. dial, relay = Pr. rabey; (c) Sp. 
rabel = Pg. rabil, arrabil; (a) ME. rebibe, ribibe, 
rubibe, ribible, < OF. rebebe, rebesbe, reberbe, It. 
ribeba, ribebla, < Ar. rababa = Hind, rabdb, rn- 
bab, Pers. rabdb, rubdb, a rebec, a fiddle with 
one or two strings.] 1 . A musical instrument, 
the earliest known form of the viol class. It had 
a pear-shaped body, which was solid above, terminating in 
a slender neck and a carved head, and hollow below, with 
sound-holes and a sound-post. The number of strings was 
usually three, but was sometimes only one or two. They 
were tuned in fifths, and sounded by a bow. The tone was 
harsh and loud. The rebec is known to have been in use in 
Europe as early as the eighth century. Its origin is dis- 
puted, but is usually attributed to the Moors of Spain. It 
was the precursor of the true viol in all its forms, and con- 
tinued in vulgar use long after the latter was artistically 
established. 
When the merry bells ring round, 
And the jocund rebecks sound 
To many a youth, and many a maid. 
Milton, L' Allegro, 1. 94. 
2t. An oldwoman: socalledin contempt. Com- 
pare ribibe, 2. 
"Brother," quod he, "heere woneth an old rebekke, 
That hadde almoost as lief to lese hire nekke 
As for to geve a peny of hir good." 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 275. 
Rebeccaism (re-bek'a-izm). n. [< Rebecca(ite) 
+ -ism.] The principles and practices of the 
Rebeccaites. 
Rebeccaite (re-bek'a-It), . [< Rebcccti (see def.) 
+ -/<c'A] A member of a secret anti-turnpike 
society in Wales, about 1843 - 4. The grievance of 
the Kebeccaites was the oppressive number of toll-gates, 
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4993 
and they turned out at night in large parties, generally 
mounted, to destroy them. Their leader, dressed in wo- 
man's clothes, received the title of Rebecca from a fanci- 
ful application of the Scriptural passage Gen. xxiv. 60 ; and 
the parties were called "Rebecca and her daughters." 
rebel (reb'el), a. and n. [< ME. rebel, rebele, 
< OF. rebel/e, rebele, F. rebelte = Sp. Pg. rebeldr 
= It. ribello, rebellious, a rebel, < L. rebellis, 
adj., making war again, insurgent, rebellious; 
as noun, a rebel ; < re-, again, -t- bell-urn, war : see 
belligerent, duel. Cf, rebel, v.] I. a. 1. Resist- 
ing authority or law; rebellious. 
Qwo-so be rebele of his tonge ajein the aldirman, or dis- 
pise the aldirman in time that he holden here mornspeche, 
seal paien, to amendement of the gilde, vj. d. 
English, Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 95. 
His pride 
Had cast him out from heaven, with all his host 
Of rebel angels. Milton, P. L., i. 38. 
2. Of a rebellious nature or character ; char- 
acteristic of a rebel. [Rare.] 
Thow drowe in skorne Cupide eke to recorde 
Of thilke rebel worde that thow hast spoken, 
For which he wol no lenger be thy lorde. 
Chaucer, Envoy of Chaucer to Scogan, 1. 23. 
II. . 1. A person who makes war upon the 
government of his country from political mo- 
tives ; one of a body of persons organized for 
a change of government or of laws by force 
of arms, or by open defiance. 
Know whether I be dextrous to subdue 
Tliyrebels, or be found the worst in heaven. 
Milton, P. L., T. 742. 
For rebellion being an opposition not to persons, but 
authority, which is founded only in the constitution and 
laws of the government, those, whoever they be, who by 
force break through, and by force justify their violation 
of them, are truly and properly rebels. 
Locke, Civil Government, i. 
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are 
rebels from principle. Burke. 
Hence 2. One who or that which resists au- 
thority or law ; one who refuses obedience to 
a superior, or who revolts against some con- 
trolling power or principle. 
As reason is a rebel unto faith, so passion unto reason. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 19. 
She shall die unshrived and unforgiven, 
A rebel to her father and her God. 
Shelley, The Cenci, iv. 1. 
= Syn. 1. Traitor, etc. See insurgent, n. 
rebel (re-bel'), v. i. ; pret. and pp. rebelled, ppr. 
rebelling. [< ME. rebellen, < OF. rebeller, rebeler, 
reveler, F. rebeller = Sp. rebelar = Pg. rebellar = 
It. ribellare, < L. rebellare, wage war again (said 
of the conquered), make an insurrection, revolt, 
rebel, < re-, again, + bellare, wage war, < bell-urn, 
war. Cf . rebel, a."] To make war against one's 
government, or against anything deemed op- 
pressive, by arms or other means; revolt by 
active resistance or repulsion. 
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, 
and Jehoiakim became his servant three years : then he 
turned and rebelled against him. 2 Ki. xxiv. 1. 
The deep fall 
Of those too high aspiring, who rebell'd 
With Satan. Milton, P. L., vi. 899. 
Our present life, in so far as it is healthy, rebels once for 
all against its own final and complete destruction. 
W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 231. 
rebeldom (reb'el-dum), n. [< rebel + -dom.] 
1. A seat of rebellion; a region or sphere of 
action controlled by rebels. [Rare.] 2. Re- 
bellious conduct. [Rare.] 
Never mind his rebeldom of the other day ; never mind 
about his being angry that his presents were returned. 
Thackeray, Virginians, li. 
rebellert (re-bel'er), n. [(.rebel, v.,+ -er 1 .] One 
who rebels'; a rebel. 
God . . . shal . . . scourge and plague this nacion, bee- 
ing nowe many a long dale a continuall rebeller agaynste 
God. J. UdaU, On Luke xxi. 
rebellion (re-bel'yon), n. [< ME. rebellion, < 
OF. rebellion, F. rebellion = Sp. rebelion = Pg. 
rebelliao = It. ribellione, < L. rebellio(n-), a re- 
newal of war, revolt, rebellion, < rebellis, mak- 
ing war again: see rebel, a.] 1. War waged 
against a government by some part of its sub- 
jects; armed opposition to a government by a 
party of citizens, for the purpose of changing 
its composition, constitution, or laws; insur- 
rectionary or revolutionary war. 
He told me that rebellion had bad luck, 
And that young Harry Percy's spur was cold. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1. 41. 
Then shall you find this name of liberty 
(The watch-word of rebellion ever us'd . . .) 
But new-turn'd servitude. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, ii. 15. 
2. The act of rebelling or taking part in a re- 
bellious movement ; open or armed defiance to 
one's government ; the action of a rebel. 
reboation 
Baling. On what condition stands it [my fault), and 
wherein? 
York. Even in condition of the worst degree, 
In gross rebellion, and detested treason. 
Shak., Rich. II, li. 3. 109. 
From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion, . . . 
Good Lord, deliver us. Book of Common Prayer, Litany. 
Hence 3. Revolt against or defiance of au- 
thority in general; resistance to a higher 
power or to an obligatory mandate ; open dis- 
obedience or insubordination; determination 
not to submit. 
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin ; he ... multipli- 
eth his words against God. Job xxxiv. 37. 
Civil rebellion, in Scot* law, disobedience to letters of 
horning. See horning. Commission of rebellion, in 
law. See commission^. Shavs's rebellion, an insur- 
rection in Massachusetts, under the lead of Daniel Shays, 
directed against the State authorities, which broke out In 
1786 and was suppressed in 1787. The Great Rebellion, 
in Eng. hist., the war waged by the Parliamentary army 
against Charles I. from 1642 till his execution in 1649, and 
the subsequent maintenance by armed force of a govern- 
ment opposed to the excluded sovereign Charles II. till 
the Restoration (1660). The Rebellion, in U. S. hist., 
the civil war of 1861-6. See civil. Whisky Insurrec- 
tion or Rebellion. See insurrection. = Syn. Sedition, 
Revolt, etc. See insurrection. 
rebellious (re-bel'yus), a. [< rebellion) + 
-ous.] 1. Acting as a rebel, or having the dis- 
position of one ; defying lawful authority ; 
openly disobedient or insubordinate. 
Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, 
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel. 
Shak., R. and J., i. 1. 88. 
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of a rebel or 
rebellion; of rebel character, relation, or use. 
These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength, 
With which he yoketh your rebellious necks. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 3. 64. 
3. Hard to treat or deal with; resisting effort 
or operation; refractory: applied to things. 
Rebellious assembly, in old Eng. law, a gathering 
of twelve persons or more, intending, going about, or 
practising unlawfully, and of their own authority, to 
change any laws of the realm, or to destroy any property, 
or do any other unlawful act. = Syn. 1. Insubordinate, 
disobedient. See inwrgent, n., and insurrection. 
rebelliously (re-bel'yus-li), adv. In a rebellious 
manner ; with violent or obstinate disobedience 
or resistance to lawful authority. 
rebelliousness (re-bel'yus-nes), . The state 
or character of being rebellious. 
rebellow (re-bel'6), v. i. [< re- + bellow.] To 
bellow in return ; echo back as a bellow ; re- 
sound loudly. 
And all the aire rebellowed againe, 
So dreadfully his hundred tongues did bray. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. xii. 41. 
rebelly (reb'el-i), . [< rebel + -y 1 .] Inclined 
to rebellion ; rebellious. [Rare.] 
It was called "Rebelly Belfast" in those days [of 1798, 
etc.]. The American, VIII. 198. 
rebibet, rebiblet, Same as rebec. 
rebind (re-bind' ), o. <!. [<re- + bind.] To bind 
anew; furnish with a new binding, as a book 
or a garment. 
rebirth (re-berth'), . [< re- + birth.] 1. Re- 
newed birth; a repeated birth into temporal 
existence, as of a soul, according to the doctrine 
of metempsychosis ; a new entrance into a liv- 
ing form : now oftener called reincarnation. 
Gautama Buddha's main idea was that liberation from 
the cycle of rebirths (Samsara) was to be by means of 
knowledge. The Academy, Feb. 4, 1888, p. 84. 
2. Renewed life or activity; entrance into a 
new course or phase of existence ; reanimation ; 
resuscitation; renascence; regeneration. 
This rebirth of the spirit of free inquiry. 
Quizot, Hist. Civilization (trans.), p. 148. 
rebite (re-bit'), v. t. [< re- + bite.] In engrav- 
ing, to deepen or restore worn lines in (an en- 
graved plate) by the action of acid. 
rebiting (re-bi'ting), n. [Verbal n. of rebite, v.] 
In etching, a repetition of the process of biting, 
in order to restore or freshen worn lines, or 
to deepen lines which have been but imper- 
fectly attacked. 
reboant (reb'6-ant), a. [< L. reboan(t-)s, ppr. 
of rcboare, bellow back, resound, reecho, < re-, 
back, + boare, bellow: see boation.~\ Rebel- 
lowing ; loudly resounding. [Rare.] 
The echoing dance 
Of reboant whirlwinds. 
Tennyson, Supposed Confessions. 
reboation (reb-p-a'shon), n. [< ML. reboatio(n-), 
reboacio(n-), < L. reboare, resound, bellow back : 
see reboant.] A resounding; the return of a 
loud sound. 
I imagine that I should hear the reboation of an univer- 
sal groan. 
Bp. Patrick, Divine Arithmetick (1659), p. 2. (Latham.) 
