Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Repel

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Repel


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(1):

(v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

(2):

(v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

(3):

(v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.