unrepelledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈpɛld/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈpɛld/ Not repelled (in various senses). Chiefly in predicative use.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > repelling > repelled (of things) > not
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > having friends > not repelled (of friendly advances)
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1572 J. Sadler in tr. Vegetius Foure Bks. Martiall Policye Pref. sig. ivv No force of forraine ennemyes vnforeseene, vnwithstoode, vnrepelled.
1642 Colonell Fitz-Waters his Petition 4 To endanger the losse of His Majesties Prerogative, and our owne credit by their unrepelled insurrection.
1795 S. T. Coleridge Plot Discovered 27 Dreadful encroachments yet unrepelled.
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 14 They sate With linked hands, for unrepelled Had Helen taken Rosalind's.
1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve xxi. 72 I caught At the flying Robe, and unrepelled Was lapped again in its folds.
1921 E. M. Hull Shadow of East viii. 243 The insidious inward prompting to sin that unrepelled grows imperceptibly stronger.
2011 D. McKie Bright Particular Stars viii. 79 The wind howled through ill-fitting casements, never repaired. Yet Eliza was unrepelled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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