repelled
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]
1.To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. [1913 Webster]
Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
2.To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [1913 Webster]
[He] gently repelled their entreaties.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]
Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse. [1913 Webster]