REPEL


Meaning of REPEL in English

■ verb ( ~s , ~ling , ~led )

1》 drive or force back or away.

↘(of a magnetic pole or electric field) force (something similarly magnetized or charged) away.

2》 be repulsive or distasteful to.

3》 formal refuse to accept; reject.

4》 (of a substance) resist mixing with or be impervious to.

Derivatives

~ler noun

Origin

ME: from L. ~lere , from re- 'back' + pellere 'to drive'.

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