transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈpel ]
verb
( re·pelled ; re·pel·ling )
Etymology: Middle English repellen, from Middle French repeller, from Latin repellere, from re- + pellere to drive — more at felt
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to drive back : repulse
b. : to fight against : resist
2. : turn away , reject
repelled the insinuation
3.
a. : to drive away : discourage
foul words and frowns must not repel a lover — Shakespeare
b. : to be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding
c. : to force away or apart or tend to do so by mutual action at a distance
4. : to cause aversion in : disgust
intransitive verb
: to cause aversion
• re·pel·ler noun