rebuff-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: Reject or snub

Examples:
She rebuffed his proposal.
The general rebuffed the White House offer of a new job.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Respond_to_proposal
PropBank: rebuff.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Fight off an attack

Examples:
The Spurite cavalry rebuffed the attack of the enemy horsemen.
Foucault tried to rebuff such accusations of political quietism.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2