rebâter, v.a., to resaddle, to saddle again.
rebâtir, v.a., to rebuild, to build again.
rebattre, v.a., to beat again; to repeat, to tell over and over; to shuffle again (cards).
rebattu, -e, part., old, hackneyed, trite, oft-told. Un conte —; an old worn-out story. J’en ai les oreilles —es; I am sick of hearing it so often.
rebaudir, v.a., (hunt.) to caress, to encourage (dogs).
☉rebec, n.m., (instr.) rebeck.
rebelle, n.m.f. and adj., rebel; rebellious, disobedient, unyielding; (med.) obstinate; (metal.) refractory, impervious (to); ill-adapted; unfeeling. — à la justice; flying in the face of justice. — à la raison; impervious to reason. Un sujet — à la poésie; a subject ill-adapted to verse. Une fièvre — aux remèdes; an unyielding fever. C’est une beauté —; she is an unfeeling beauty. Substances —s; (metal.) refractory substances, substances hard to melt.
se rebeller, v.r., to rebel, to rise in rebellion, to revolt.
rébellion, n.f., rebellion, resistance, contumacy. Faire — à la justice; to resist justice.
rebénir, v.a., to bless again; to consecrate anew.