[re.bate] vb re.bat.ed ; re.bat.ing [ME, fr. MF rabattre to beat down again, fr. OF, fr. re- + abattre to beat down, fr. a- (fr. L ad-) + battre to beat, fr. L battuere] vt (14c) 1: to reduce the force or activity of: diminish
2: to reduce the sharpness of: blunt 3 a: to make a rebate of b: to give a rebate to ~ vi: to give rebates -- re.bat.er n
[2]re.bate n (1656): a return of a part of a payment [3]re.bate chiefly Brit var of rabbet