Since re- can mean not just "again" but also "back", repel means "drive back". Repel has two common adjective forms; thus, a repellent or repulsive odor may drive us into the other room.
REPEL definition: 1. to force someone or something to stop moving towards you or attacking you: 2. (of a material…. Learn more.
Definition of repel verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To offer resistance to; fight against: repel an invasion. 3. To refuse to accept or submit to; reject: a company that was trying to repel a hostile takeover. 4. To refuse to accept (someone); spurn. 5. To cause aversion or distaste in: Your rudeness repels everyone. See Synonyms at disgust. See Usage Note at repulse. 6.
When a magnetic pole repels another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles repel each other or that they repel.
repel (third-person singular simple present repels, present participle repelling, simple past and past participle repelled) (transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. [from 15th c.]
REPEL definition: to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.). See examples of repel used in a sentence.
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