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Webster 1913 Edition

Repulse

Re-pulse′

(r?-p?ls′)
,
Verb.
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
.

Re-pulse′

,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
2.
Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repulse

REPULSE

,
Noun.
repuls'. [L. repulsa, from repello; re and pello, to drive.]
1.
A being checked in advancing, or driven back by force. The enemy met with a repulse and retreated.
2.
Refusal; denial.

REPULSE

,
Verb.
T.
repuls'. [L. repulsus, repello.]
To repel; to beat or drive back as, to repulse an assailant or advancing enemy.

Definition 2024

repulsé

repulsé

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Spanish

Verb

repulsé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of repulsar.

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