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rebated

/ɹɪˈbeɪtɪd/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  2. To diminish or lessen something
  3. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
  4. To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
  5. To abate; to withdraw.
  6. Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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