v.
(repels, repelling, repelled)
- drive or force back or away.
▸(of a magnetic pole or electric field) force (something similarly magnetized or charged) away.
- be repulsive or distasteful to.
- formal refuse to accept; reject.
- (of a substance) resist mixing with or be impervious to.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from L. repellere, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.