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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Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
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..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
Repellency :: Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
Frown :: Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence..
Diamagnetic :: Diamagnetic (n.) Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
Cutinization :: Cutinization (n.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork..
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Repellent.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style..
Self-repellency :: Self-repellency (n.) The quality or state of being self-repelling.
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