Definition of Repels

1. Verb. (third-person singular of repel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repels

1. repel [v] - See also: repel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repels

repellantly
repellants
repelled
repellence
repellences
repellencies
repellency
repellent
repellently
repellents
repeller
repellers
repelling
repellingly
repellor
repels (current term)
repent
repentance
repentances
repentant
repentantly
repentaunce
repented
repenter
repenters
repenteth
repenting
repentingly
repentista
repentistas

Literary usage of Repels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... repels the Silesian Invasion (Winter 1744-5). ' This Silesian Affair includes due inroad of ... repels ..."

2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... repels the Silesian Invasion (Winter 1744-5). ' This Silesian Affair includes due inroad of ... repels ..."

3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... which now lies waiting his immediate consideration. But let us finish Silesia first. Old Dessauer repels the Silesian Invasion (Winter 1744-5). ..."

4. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire (1881)
"Colonel Thomas repels a Tory assault at Cedar Spring.—Ferguson advances to Fair Forest. —-Character of the Tories—Stories of their plunderings. ..."

5. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire, Isaac Shelby (1881)
"Colonel Graham repels a Party of Plunderers.—Ruse for Saving Whig Stoch.—Mrs. Lytle and her-Beaver Hat.—Engagement on Cane Creek, and Major Dunlap wounded. ..."

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