repel
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2repel — [ri pel′] vt. repelled, repelling [ME repellen < L repellere, to drive back < re , back + pellere, to drive: see PULSE1] 1. to drive or force back; hold or ward off [to repel an attack] 2. to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject …
3Repel — 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 …
4repel — [v1] push away; repulse beat back, beat off, brush off, buck, cast aside, chase away, check, confront, cool*, cut, decline, dismiss, disown, dispute, drive away, drive back, drive off, duel, fend off, fight, force back, force off, give cold… …
5Repel — Re*pel , v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. [1913 Webster] …
6Repel — is a village and commune in the Vosges département of northeastern France.ee also*Communes of the Vosges department …
7repel — I (disgust) verb alienate, appall, be unpalatable, cause aversion, cause dislike, displease, excite dislike, fill with loathing, frighten, give offense, grate, horrify, incense, irritate, make one shudder, make one sick, make unwelcome, nauseate …
8repel — early 15c., to drive away, remove, from O.Fr. repeller, from L. repellere to drive back, from re back + pellere to drive, strike (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). Meaning to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion is from 1817 …
9repel — has inflected forms repelled, repelling …
10repel — ► VERB (repelled, repelling) 1) drive or force back or away. 2) be repulsive or distasteful to. 3) formal refuse to accept; reject. 4) (of a magnetic pole or electric field) force (something similarly magnetized or charged) away. 5) (of a… …
