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verb (used with object)
1.
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
2.
to thrust back or away.
3.
to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
4.
to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.
5.
EXPANDto resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.
6.
to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.
7.
to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.
8.
to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.
9.
to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.
10.
COLLAPSEverb (used without object)
11.
to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
12.
to cause distaste or aversion.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English repellen < Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse
1350–1400; Middle English repellen < Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse
Related forms
re·pel·lence, re·pel·len·cy, noun
re·pel·ler, noun
re·pel·ling·ly, adverb
re·pel·ling·ness, noun
non·re·pel·lence, noun
EXPANDnon·re·pel·len·cy, noun
non·re·pel·ler, noun
self-re·pel·len·cy, noun
un·re·pelled, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.
1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.
Antonyms
1. attract.
1. attract.
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Word Origin & History
repel
c.1421, "to drive away, remove," from O.Fr. repeller, from L. repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Repellent (adj.) is recorded from 1643, from L. repellentem, prp. of repellere;
EXPANDoriginally of medicines (that reduced tumors); meaning "distasteful, disagreeable" first recorded 1797. The noun sense of "substance that repels insects" first recorded 1908.
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