repello

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel
2. (conjugation-3, figuratively) to drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse
3. (conjugation-3, figuratively) to reject, refuse, refute, confute, repel

Concepts

repel

drive back

Pronounced as (IPA)

[rɛˈpɛl.loː]

Etymology

From re- + pellō (“push, drive”).