See Also: repel(dictionary)
repel(dictionary)

repel (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: repellere, from pellere 'to drive']
[T] if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it, or it makes you feel ill
-see also repulsive repulsive
::The smell repelled him.
[T] to make someone who is attacking you go away, by fighting them
::The army was ready to repel an attack.
[T] to keep something or someone away from you
::a lotion that repels mosquitoes
[I and T] technical if two things repel each other, they push each other away with an electrical force
-opposite attract attract
::Two positive charges repel each other.