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Repel

Repel Definition And Meaning
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. \Repel"\, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Repel Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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