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Repulse

Re-pŭlse', n.

noun

n. [Lat. repulsa, from repellere, repulsum.]

Sense 1. The condition of being repelled or driven back.

By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. Denham.

Sense 2. The act of repelling or driving back.

He received, in the repulse of Tarquin, severe hurts in the body. Shak.

Sense 3. Refusal; denial. Bailey.

Re-pūlse′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPULSED (re-pūlst′); p. pr. & vb. n. REPULSING.] [Lat. repellere, repulsum, from re, again, back, and pellere, to drive. See supra, and cf. REPEL.] To repel; to beat or drive back.

*Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend.* Milton.