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Driving back; able or tending to repel.

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  1. a. Driving back; able or tending to repel.
  2. n. That which repels.
  3. n. A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
  4. n. A kind of waterproof cloth.
  5. adj. serving or tending to repel
  6. adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  7. adj. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
  8. n. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
  9. n. a chemical substance that repels animals
  10. n. the power to repel
  11. Driving back; able or tending to repel. 1. That which repels. 2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison. 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
  12. j:25/n:75 n. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water n. a chemical substance that repels animals n. the power to repel s. incapable of absorbing or mixing with