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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Disavaunce :: Disavaunce (v. t.) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
Propulse :: Propulse (v. t.) To repel; to drive off or away.
Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth.
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..
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..
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled..
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) That which repels.
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
Cutinization :: Cutinization (n.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork..
Repelled :: Repelled (imp. & p. p.) of Repe.
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
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..
Ward :: Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off..
Repellent :: Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style..
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
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