Definition of repel

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Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..

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Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty..
Forbidding :: Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air..
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer..
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..
Cutinization :: Cutinization (n.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork..
Talisman :: Talisman (n.) Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases..
Self-repelling :: Self-repelling (a.) Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling..
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
Repellence :: Repellence (n.) Alt. of Repellenc.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off..
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound..
Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
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