rĕ-pulso, āre, 1, v. freq. [repello], to drive back or beat back again, to repel again and again.
I Lit.: civitas eloquiis caelestibus magis quam corporis voluptatibus hostiles impetus repulsare consueta, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 37 fin. —
II Transf.: colles verba repulsantes, re-echoing , Lucr. 4, 579.—
III Trop.: vera repulsans pectus dicta, Lucr. 4, 914.