rebu

n. [ It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. Buff to strike, Buffet a blow. ] 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rebuffed p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuffing. ] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city. Usually used without the hyphen.
Syn. -- build anew, build again, reconstruct, reerect. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Check; rebuff. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rebuked p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking. ] [ OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct. ] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See Reprove. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [ Obs. ] -- Re*buke"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]