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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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
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..
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..
Self-repulsive :: Self-repulsive (a.) Self-repelling.
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled..
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force..
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..
Repellency :: Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) That which repels.
Repelling :: Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repe.
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Self-repellency :: Self-repellency (n.) The quality or state of being self-repelling.
Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
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..
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..
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