reba

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. 1. Diminution. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A portion of a sum paid, returned to the purchaser, as a method of discounting. The rebate is sometimes returned by the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the retailer by the purchaser. [ PJC ]

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 ]