repel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for repel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repel v cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" Synonym(s): repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back Antonym(s): attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in be repellent to; cause aversion in Synonym(s): repel, repulse Antonym(s): appeal, attract force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Synonym(s): repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" Synonym(s): rebuff, snub, repel fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" Synonym(s): disgust, gross out, revolt, repel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repel \Re*pel"\, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repel \Repel"\ (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. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. --Macaulay. 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel** an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne. Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.