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Re*peal" (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.] 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.]
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The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself,
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
Shak.
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2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
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3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.]
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Whence Adam soon repealed
The doubts that in his heart arose.
Milton.
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Syn. -- To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.
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Re*peal", n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.]
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The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people
Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty
To expel him thence.
Shak.
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2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
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