rabate

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rabate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rabate \Ra*bate"\ (r[.a]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [F. rabattre to beat
     down; pref. re- + abattre. See Abate, and cf. Rebate, v.]
     (Falconry)
     To recover to the fist, as a hawk. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]