repelledadj.
/rᵻˈpɛld/, U.S. /rəˈpɛld/, /riˈpɛld/ That is or has been repelled (in various senses).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > repelling > repelled (of things)
repercussed?1553
repelled1599
reverberated1615
repulsed1889
1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. G6v Repelled lust, ingendring with foule hate, In them the bastard periurie, begate.
1695 H. Ridley Anat. Brain xii. 111 The repelled Fluid, by the Laws of Libration,..must needs be driven thither.
1722 B. Worster Compend. Acct. Princ. Nat. Philos. 163 The repell'd Particles are at Liberty to begin to move.
1767 J. Z. Holwell Acct. inoculating Small Pox in E. Indies 13 The repelled matter instantly fell upon the brain, and convulsions and death followed in a few hours.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 251 Repelled gout, and repelled cutaneous eruptions.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xiii. 374 The attracted end of the needle being nearer to the pole of the magnet than the repelled end.
1932 C. E. M. Joad Philos. Aspects Mod. Sci. vi. 144 The sensation of hardness when we press a solid is caused by the fact that the repelled electrons and protons are unable to move away.
1963 Wisconsin Stud. Contemp. Lit. 4 88 If emotion floods the page without the strength of the suggested insight, chances are the repelled reader is lost for good.
2007 J. Hurst Men of Fire xxi. 152 When the repelled steamer returned, Grant sent a gunboat to chase the Confederates away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1599