repulse

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REPULSE, noun repuls'. [Latin 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 transitive repuls'. [Latin repulsus, repello.] To repel; to beat or drive back as, to repulse an assailant or advancing enemy.
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