repulse
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See also: repulsé
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”).
For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌls/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)
- (transitive) To repel or drive back.
- to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
- 1939 December 5, J. W. Studebaker, Democracy Shall Not Be Plowed Under[1], page 9:
- If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force?
- (transitive) To reject or rebuff.
- to repulse a suitor
- 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character[2], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:
- At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.
- (transitive) To cause revulsion in; to repel.
- The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
- I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.
Translations
[edit]to repel or drive back
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to reject or rebuff
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to cause revulsion
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Noun
[edit]repulse (plural repulses)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “repulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “repulse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “repulse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]repulse
- third-person singular past historic of repellere
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]repulse f pl
Noun
[edit]repulse
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]repulse
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]repulse
- inflection of repulsar:
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