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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin repellere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reˈpɛl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllere
  • Hyphenation: re‧pèl‧le‧re

Verb

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repèllere (first-person singular present repèllo, first-person singular past historic repùlsi, past participle repùlso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary) to repel
    Synonym: respingere
  2. (intransitive) to disgust, to be repugnant [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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repellēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of repellō

Verb

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repellere

  1. inflection of repellō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative