v. t. To banish again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rebaptisation. ] A second baptism. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + baptize: cf. F. rebaptiser, L. rebaptizare. ] To baptize again or a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rebaptizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

v. i. To abate; to withdraw. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Rabbet. ] 1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Perhaps a different word. ] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [ R. ] Elmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. rebattre to beat again; pref. re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate. ] 1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise. [ 1913 Webster ]

But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices. [ PJC ]

Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot. [ 1913 Webster ]