Verb

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(repel)

Verb

(repell)

* , II.3.7:

It is some satisfaction to him that is repelled , that dignities, honours, offices, are not alwayes given by desert or worth, but for love, affinitie, friendship, affection, great mens letters, or as commonly they are bought and sold.

To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).

To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).

To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).

* 2011 , Ian Traynor, The Guardian , 19 May 2011:

In nearby Zintan, rebels repelled an advance by Gaddafi's forces, killing eight and taking one prisoner, a local activist said.

(physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force.

To cause repulsion, cause dislike.

* 2008 , The Guardian , 26 Jan 2008:

However, while the idea of a free holiday appeals enormously, I am frankly repelled by the idea of spending a couple of weeks in your company.

(sports) To save (a shot).

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport

, title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.}}

Verb

(en verb)

To cause an intense dislike for something.

It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.

* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V

It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust . There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.