v. t.
Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] gently repelled their entreaties. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, repels. [ 1913 Webster ]