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repellent

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repellent  \Re*pel"lent\  (-lent),  a.  [L.  repellens,  -entis,  p. 
  pr  ] 
  Driving  back  able  or  tending  to  repel. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repellent  \Re*pel"lent\,  n. 
  1.  That  which  repels. 
 
  2.  (Med.)  A  remedy  to  repel  from  a  tumefied  part  the  fluids 
  which  render  it  tumid.  --Dunglison. 
 
  3.  A  kind  of  waterproof  cloth.  --Knight. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  repellent 
  adj  1:  serving  or  tending  to  repel;  "he  became  rebarbative  and 
  prickly  and  spiteful";  "I  find  his  obsequiousness 
  repellent"  [syn:  {rebarbative},  {repellant}] 
  2:  highly  offensive;  arousing  aversion  or  disgust;  "a 
  disgusting  smell";  "distasteful  language";  "a  loathsome 
  disease";  "the  idea  of  eating  meat  is  repellent  to  me"; 
  "revolting  food";  "a  wicked  stench"  [syn:  {disgusting},  {disgustful}, 
  {distasteful},  {foul},  {loathly},  {loathsome},  {repellant}, 
  {revolting},  {wicked},  {yucky}] 
  3:  incapable  of  absorbing  or  mixing  with  "a  water-repellent 
  fabric";  "plastic  highly  resistant  to  steam  and  water" 
  [syn:  {resistant}] 
  n  :  a  chemical  substance  that  repels  [syn:  {repellant}]




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