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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Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
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..
Repelling :: Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repe.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
Self-repellency :: Self-repellency (n.) The quality or state of being self-repelling.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound..
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force..
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth.
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Apocrustic :: Apocrustic (a.) Astringent and repellent.
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
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..
Repellence :: Repellence (n.) Alt. of Repellenc.
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..
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
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..
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. t.) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..
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