Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Repulsed"
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.
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