repel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal. === Pronunciation === enPR: rĭ-pĕlʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl Hyphenation: re‧pel === Verb === 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.] (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.] (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.] (transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). [from 15th c.] (transitive, physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force. [from 17th c.] (transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust. [from 18th c.] (transitive, sports) To save (a shot). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== attract ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== repellency repellent repulse repulsion repulsive ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “repel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “repel”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “repel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Epler, Lepre, leper == Catalan == === Alternative forms === repèl (pre-2016) === Etymology === From re- +‎ pèl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [rəˈpe̞l] IPA(key): (Balearic) [rəˈpəl] IPA(key): (Central) [rəˈpɛl] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [reˈpɛl] === Noun === repel m (plural repels) a hair out of place (woodworking) snag (dialectal) hangnail Synonym: repeló ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “repel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007