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repulsed


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repulse  \Re*pulse"\  (r?-p?ls"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Repulsed} 
  (-p?lst");  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Repulsing}.]  [L.  repulsus  p.  p. 
  of  repellere.  See  {Repel}.] 
  1.  To  repel;  to  beat  or  drive  back  as  to  repulse  an 
  assault;  to  repulse  the  enemy. 
 
  Complete  to  have  discovered  and  repulsed  Whatever 
  wiles  of  foe  or  seeming  friend.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  repel  by  discourtesy,  coldness,  or  denial;  to  reject; 
  to  send  away  as  to  repulse  a  suitor  or  a  proffer. 




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