Definition for RE-BATE

RE-BATE, v.t. [Fr. rebattre; re and battre; It. ribattere.]

To blunt; to beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness. He doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. – Shak. The keener edge of battle to rebate. – Dryden.

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