REPEL
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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.
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Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide.
Pope.
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They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly.
Macaulay.
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2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
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[He] gently repelled their entreaties.
Hawthorne.
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Syn. -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
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Re*pel", v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
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