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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Repelling :: Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repe.
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style..
Repellency :: Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound..
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) That which repels.
Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Repellent.
Self-repellency :: Self-repellency (n.) The quality or state of being self-repelling.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
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..
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..
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..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
Repellent :: Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.
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