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(?), Faithful Friends, iii. 3. 2t. To beat down; beat to bluntne ; make obtuse or dull, literally or figuratively; blunt; ment. bate. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1719.png:[blocks in formation] Thou wilt belie opinion, and rebate The ambition of thy gallantry. Beau , and Fl . , Laws of Candy, i. 2. 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. [Rare 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. II.t in trans. To draw back or away; withdraw; recede. He began a little to rebate from certain points of popery. Foxe, Martyrs, p. 1621, an. 1555. rebatel (rē-bāt'), n. [ rebate2 (re-bat'), n. [An altered form of rabate: see rabate and rabbet.] 1. A longitudinal 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 shallow rebate is formed, to receive the binding string. Spons ' Encyc . Manuf . , I. 544. 2. A kind of hard freestone used in pavements. Elwes.-3. A piece of wood fastened to a handle, used for beating mortar. Elwes. rebate2 (re-bāt'), v. t.; pret. and pp. rebated, ppr. rebating. [ rebated (re-bāʼted), p. a. 1. In her., cut short: noting any ordinary, especially a cro , characterized by having one or more of its arms too short to reach the edge of the field. - 2. Blunt. rebatement (re-bat'ment), n. [ 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 1 Ki. vi. 6. house. on. In the description of the side-chambers of the temple, the rebatement signifies the narrowing of the walls which left a ledge for the joists of the upper chambers to rest W. A. Wright , Bible Word-Book, p. 497. rebatot, n. Same as rabato . rebaudt, rebawdet, rebaudryt. Obsolete forms of ribald, ribaldry. rebec, rebeck (rēʼbek), n. [( a ) Early mod. E. also rebeke; 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 disputed, but is usually attributed to the Moors of Spain. It was the precursor of the true viol in all its forms, and continued 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 old woman: so called in contempt. Compare 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. Rebecca ism (rē-bek'a-izm), n . [ Rebecca ( ite ) + -ism .] The principles and practices of the Rebecca i tes. Rebeccaite (re-bek'a-īt), n. [ the parties were called "Rebecca and her daughters." rebel (reb'el), a. and n. [ Qwo-so be rebele of his tonge age in the aldirman, or dispise the aldirman in time that he holden here morn spec he, scal paien, to a men dement 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; characteristic 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. n. 1. A person who makes war upon the government of his country from political motives; 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 Thy rebels , or be found the worst in heaven. IMG:content-1720.png:[blocks in formation] 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 controlling power or principle. As reason is a rebel unto faith, so pa ion unto reason. IMG:content-1721.png:[blocks in formation] For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; he multiplieth his words against God. Job xxxiv. 37. Civil rebellion, in Scots law , disobedience to letters of horning. See horning.- Commi ion of rebellion, in law . See commi ion 1. - Shays's rebellion, an insurrection in Ma achusetts, under the lead of Daniel Shays, directed against the State authorities, which broke out in 1786 and was suppre ed 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 government opposed to the excluded sovereign Charles II. till the Restoration (1660). - The Rebellion, in U. S. hist., the civil war of 1861-5. See civil. - Whisky Insurrection or Rebellion. See insurrection. = Syn. Sedition , rebellious (re-bel'yus), a . [ rebelli ( on ) + -ous .] 1. Acting as a rebel, or having the disposition of one; defying lawful authority; openly disobedient or insubordinate. Revolt, etc. See insurrection . IMG:content-1722.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Hard to treat or deal with; resisting effort or operation; refractory: applied to things. - Rebellious a embly, 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 insurgent, n., and insurrection. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 19. rebelliously (rē-belyus-li), adv. In a rebellious 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. [ war. In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came me 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. [ rebel + -dom .] IMG:content-1723.png:[blocks in formation]