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Webster 1913 Edition

Repel

Re--pel′

(r?-p?l′)
,
Verb.
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.

Re-pel′

,
Verb.
I.
To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repel

REPEL'

,
Verb.
T.
[l. repello; re and pello, to drive.]
1.
to drive back; to force to return; to check advance; as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
Hippomedon repell'd the hostile tide.
And virtue may repel, though not invade.
2.
To resist; to oppose; as, to repel an argument.

REPEL'

, v.i.
1.
To act with force in opposition to force impressed. Electricity sometimes attracts and sometimes repels.
2.
In medicine, to check an afflux to a part of the body.

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