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verb(usedwithobject),repelled,repelling.
1. todriveorforceback(anassailant,invader,etc.).

2. tothrustbackoraway.

3. toresisteffectively(anattack,onslaught,etc.).

4. tokeepofforoutfailtomixwith:
Waterandoilrepeleachother.

5. toresisttheabsorptionorpassageof(waterorotherliquid):
Thiscoatrepelsrain.

6. torefusetohavetodowithresistinvolvementin:
torepeltemptation.

7. torefusetoacceptoradmitreject:
torepelasuggestion.

verb(usedwithoutobject),repelled,repelling.
11. toactwithaforcethatdrivesorkeepsawaysomething.

12. tocausedistasteoraversion.

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13501400MiddleEnglishrepellen<Latinrepelleretodriveback,equivalenttorere(http://www.dictionary.com/browse/re)+pellereto
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repellence,repellency,noun

repeller,noun

repellingly,adverb

repellingness,noun

nonrepellence,noun

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1.repulse,parry,wardoff.3.withstand,oppose,rebuff.7.decline,rebuff.

Antonyms

1.attract.

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repel
/rpl/

verb(mainlytransitive)pels,pelling,pelled
1. toforceordriveback(somethingorsomebody,espanattacker)

2. (alsointransitive)toproduceafeelingofaversionordistastein(someoneorsomething)bedisgusting(to)

3. topushasidedismiss:herepelledthesuggestionaswrongandimpossible

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WordOriginandHistoryforrepel
v.

early15c.,"todriveaway,remove,"fromOldFrenchrepellerordirectlyfromLatinrepellere"todriveback,"fromre"back"(seere
(/browse/re))+pellere"todrive,strike"(seepulse(/browse/pulse)(n.1)).Meaning"toaffect(aperson)withdistasteoraversion"isfrom
1817.Related:Repelledrepelling.

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