Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Repulse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repulse \Re*pulse"\, n. [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]
1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of
being repelled or driven back.
By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. --Denham.
He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in
the body. --Shak.
2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repulse \Re*pulse"\ (r?-p?ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repulsed}
(-p?lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repulsing}.] [L. repulsus, p. p.
of repellere. See {Repel}.]
1. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an
assault; to repulse the enemy.
Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever
wiles of foe or seeming friend. --Milton.
2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject;
to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
repulse
n : an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: {rebuff}, {snub}]
v 1: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the
onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: {repel}, {fight
off}, {rebuff}, {drive back}]
2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: {repel}] [ant: {attract}]
3: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy";
"push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
[syn: {repel}, {drive}, {force back}, {push back}, {beat
back}] [ant: {attract}]
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