To repel is defined as to hold off, refuse to accept or reject.
(verb)See repel in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb repelled, repelling
Origin: ME repellen < L repellere, to drive back < re-, back + pellere, to drive: see pulse
intransitive verb
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See repel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb re·pelled, re·pel·ling, re·pels verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English repellen
Origin: , from Old French repeller
Origin: , from Latin repellere
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + pellere, to drive; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots
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