Repulse

rē-puls′, v.t. to drive back: to repel: to beat off: to refuse, reject.— n. the state of being repulsed or driven back: the act of repelling: refusal.— ns. Repul′ser ; Repul′sion , act of repulsing or driving back: state of being repelled: aversion: the action by which bodies or their particles repel each other.— adj. Repul′sive , that repulses or drives off: repelling: cold, reserved, forbidding: causing aversion and disgust.— adv. Repul′sively .— n. Repul′sivene .— adj. Repul′sory . [L. repulsus , pa.p. of repellĕre — re- , back, pellĕre , to drive.]