Definition of repel

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Repel (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

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Repellent :: Repellent (n.) That which repels.
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..
Self-repelling :: Self-repelling (a.) Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling..
Repellency :: Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Propulse :: Propulse (v. t.) To repel; to drive off or away.
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
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..
Apocrustic :: Apocrustic (a.) Astringent and repellent.
Disavaunce :: Disavaunce (v. t.) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Repellent :: Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Self-repellency :: Self-repellency (n.) The quality or state of being self-repelling.
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