repulse

Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”).

For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpʌls/

repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)

1. (transitive) To repel or drive back.

   to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy

2. (transitive) To reject or rebuff.

   to repulse a suitor

3. (transitive) To cause revulsion in.

   The smell of rotting food repulsed me.

   I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.

repulse (plural repulses)

1. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
2. refusal, rejection or repulsion

• repel
• repellent
• repulsion
• repulsive
• pulse

• repulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• repulse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• repulse at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Slurpee, pelures, perules

repulse

1. third-person singular past historic of repellere

repulse

1. plural of repulso

• preluse
• presule

repulse

1. vocative masculine singular of repulsus

repulse

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of repulsar.