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REPELS
Verb
repels
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repel
Anagrams
• Eplers, lepers
Source: Wiktionary
REPEL
Re**pel" (r-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] Etym: [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", v. i.
Definition: To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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