Repelled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repelled}
     (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repelling}.] [L. repellere,
     repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a
     beating, and cf. {Repulse}, {Repeal}.]
     1. 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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              Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope.
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              They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted
              each other strongly.                  --Macaulay.
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     2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault,
        an encroachment, or an argument.
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              [He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne.
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     Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  repel
       v 1: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy";
            "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
            [syn: {drive}, {repulse}, {force back}, {push back}, {beat
            back}] [ant: {attract}]
       2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: {repulse}] [ant: {attract}]
       3: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the
          onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: {repulse}, {fight
          off}, {rebuff}, {drive back}]
       4: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
          [syn: {rebuff}, {snub}]
       5: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: {disgust},
           {gross out}, {revolt}]
       [also: {repelling}, {repelled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  repelled
       See {repel}