Definition of repel

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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..

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Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.
Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
Repellency :: Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
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
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled..
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
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..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
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..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. t.) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
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..
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
Repel :: Repel (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
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