Repel: alternatives and connections

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

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To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at.…

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

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A pustule; a pimple.

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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

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To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- oft…

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To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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To make sick; to disease.

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Driving back; able or tending to repel.

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Driving back; able or tending to repel.

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To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

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Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

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To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- oft…

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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To sob with convulsions.

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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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