About The Word Repel
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Repel
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What's The Definition Of Repel?
[v] reject outright and bluntly
[v] force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [v] cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [v] be repellent to; cause aversion in [v] fill with distaste; "This fould language disgusts me" Synonyms | Synonyms for Repel: beat back | brush off | disgust | drive | drive back | fight off | force back | push back | rebuff | rebuff | repulse | repulse | repulse | revolt | snub Related Terms | Find terms related to Repel: See Also | churn up | defend | disdain | disgust | displease | excite | fight | fight back | fight down | force | freeze off | nauseate | nauseate | oppose | piss off | pooh-pooh | push | put off | reject | revolt | scorn | sicken | sicken | spurn | stimulate | stir | turn down | turn off | turn one's stomach Repel In Webster's Dictionary \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repelled}
(-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repelling}.] [L. repellere,
repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a
beating, and cf. {Repulse}, {Repeal}.]
1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance
of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope.
They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted
each other strongly. --Macaulay.
2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault,
an encroachment, or an argument.
[He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne.
Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
\Re*pel"\, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. |
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