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   Repel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]
   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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   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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   Repel, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
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