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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repel
verb
1: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: {drive}, {repulse}, {force back}, {push back}, {beat back}] [ant: {attract}]
2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: {repulse}] [ant: {attract}]
3: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: {repulse}, {fight off}, {rebuff}, {drive back}]
4: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn: {rebuff}, {snub}]
5: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: {disgust}, {gross out}, {revolt}] [also: {repelling}, {repelled}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repelled See {repel}
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