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Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Repelling

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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Dictionary: quick_english-indonesian
Definition: repel

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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: repelling

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]

repelling
adj : highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting,
disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome,
repellent, repellant, revolting, skanky, wicked,
yucky]

repelling
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