3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repel  \Re*pel"\,  v.  i. 
  To  act  with  force  in  opposition  to  force  impressed;  to 
  exercise  repulsion. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repel  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  repel 
  v  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"  [syn:  {repulse},  {fight 
  off},  {drive  off},  {rebuff},  {drive  back}] 
  4:  reject  outright  and  bluntly  [syn:  {rebuff},  {snub},  {brush 
  off}] 
  5:  fill  with  distaste  [syn:  {disgust},  {turn  off},  {revolt}] 

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