Repel
(Re**pel") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref.
re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]
1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide.
Pope.
They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly.
Macaulay. 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
[He] gently repelled their entreaties.
Hawthorne. Syn. — Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
Repel
(Re*pel"), v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
Repellence
(Re*pel"lence Re*pel"len*cy) (- len-s?), n. The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity
of repelling; repulsion.
Repellent
(Re*pel"lent) a. [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Repellent
(Re*pel"lent), n.
1. That which repels.
2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison.
3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
Repeller
(Re*pel"ler) n. One who, or that which, repels.
Repent
(Re"pent) a. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.]
1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; — said of stems. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) Same as Reptant.
Repent
(Re*pent") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Repented; p. pr. & vb. n. Repenting.] [F. se repentir; L. pref.
re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent.]
1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
First she relents
With pity; of that pity then repents.
Dryden. 2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.
Ex. xiii. 17. 3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice
sin.
Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish.
Luke xii. 3. Repent
(Re*pent"), v. t.
