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(Inglese)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
  2. (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
  3. (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
  4. (transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
  5. (transitive) To force away by means of a repulsive force.
  6. (transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
  7. (transitive) To save (a shot).

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɹɪˈpɛl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio
repellen
In summary

From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal.

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