Repel Definition

rĭ-pĕl
repelled, repelling, repels
verb
repelled, repelling, repels
To drive or force back; hold or ward off.
To repel an attack.
Webster's New World
To offer resistance to; fight against.
Repel an invasion.
American Heritage
To refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject.
To repel advances.
Webster's New World
To refuse to accept (a person); spurn.
To repel a suitor.
Webster's New World
To cause distaste, dislike, or aversion.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Repel

  • Middle English repellen from Old French repeller from Latin repellere re- re- pellere to drive pel-5 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English repellen, from Old French * repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back"), from re- (“back") + pellere (“to drive").

    From Wiktionary

Repel Sentence Examples

  • Objects attract if their charges are different or repel if they are the same.

  • He advocated the admission of Jews to parliament; he opposed Lord John Russell's measure to repel the so-called papal aggression; he opposed the admission of Dissenters into the university of Oxford; and he was hostile to the action of the government in the Crimean War.

  • But, unfortunately, there were many things both in the teaching and the practice of the ecclesiastics of that day which were calculated to repel men of sober judgment and high principle.

  • Atoms attract each other and atoms repel one another.

  • To favor revolutions, overthrow everything, repel force by force?...

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Words Starting With

RREREP

Words Ending With

LELPEL

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Words Starting With R and Ending With L

Starts With R & Ends With LStarts With RE & Ends With LStarts With R & Ends With EL

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With R5 Letter Words Ending With L