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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Repel(l, v. [Late ME repelle (a1450), L. repellere, f. re- and pellere to drive.] tr.
1. To drive out, extinguish (love).See also Repelling vbl. n.a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xvii 39.
Leid, Ane hevy mettall cauld and deid, Repelling love as yce may reid
2. To drive back (an attacker, also, an attack); to repulse (from (fra) a place); to send away, reject. Also absol.1456 Hay I 142/30.
To repell and gayn stand force be force of armes and wapnis c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 173/5.
A pray to deid, quhome vane is to repell 1533 Boece 260b.
Scottis quhilkis nere war vincust and repellit [etc.] 1535 Stewart 25034.
The Saxonis than … Fra Albione tha schupe for to repell c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iv 245.
Gif I pleis him to repell or luge [etc.]absol. 1579, 1617 Despauter (1579) 137.
Restinguo, reprimo, cohibeo, deleo, to repel or restrenȝe
b. To put away (one's wife) from (fra) one's company; ? to divorce.1535 Stewart 24872.
Wortigerne … his wyfe Repellit hes … him fra, And weddit hes this ilk Roxiana
3. To reject or debar (a person) (fra (from) an office, right, etc.); to disqualify.Specif.,
to refuse to admit (as a witness, judge, etc., in a law suit); to reject on grounds of incompetency.(1) 1456 Hay I 251/23.
Sen women be the law commoun ar repellit, and by put, us think that the quene may nocht be juge in the cas Ib. II 38/23.
For grete foly war to put in the ordre thame that efterwart suld be repellit for their misgovernaunce 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece I 58.
Becaus he favourit evill dedy men, he was repellit 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 161/8.
ȝour mischeant ministeris ar to be explodit and repellit be all gude Christiane men 1562-3 Winȝet I 44/35.
The twa proude princes, Dame Heresie and hir sister, … wyl … be … repellit and schot to the dure 1622-6 Bisset I 112/25.
Tending to incuraige … all sic as ar furnisched with meriting giftis … and contrariewyis to repell and beir a bak utheris(2) 1456 Hay II 38/36.
Rycht as homycide … repellis clerkis fra benefice and honour 1549 Lamb Resonyng 113/12.
Edward wald haue concurrit to with ony of the thre compitetaris that had bene repellit fra the Scottis crown 1562-3 Winȝet I 40/17.
For vsurpyng Samuelis office, as for ane falt in special, King Saule wes repellit fra his kingdome Ib. 75/2.
That He sall misknaw and repell fra Him at the latter day all wirkaris of iniquitie 1573 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 284.
They shall be repelled from the table of the Lord c1575 Balfour Pract. 377.
Thir persounis may be repellit fra passing upon assise, or beiring of witnes, viz. [etc.](3) 1480 Acta Conc. I 53/2.
To the witnes that was repellit, fife schillingis to be pait be the said James 1549–50 Cupar B. Rec. 28 Jan.
Hyr prolocutor … exceppit aganis Alane Jamesone balȝe tobe iuge in the said mater be rysson of consangnite quha was repellit 1562 Reg. Privy C. I 224.
Williame Patersoun … wes sworne and admittit; and … Andro Pumfra repellit 1562 Inverness Rec. I 79.
The prowest to be repellit be resson he and Margret Waus was bredyr and syster 1567 Acts III 44/2.
That na persone offerit to pas vpoun assyisis [etc.] … salbe repellit quhan thai attene to the partie aduersar in the lyke or nerrar greis of that same sort of affectioun 1601 Crim. Trials II 345. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 12.
All the persons suspect … sall be repelled 1616 Fraserburgh Kirk S. 72 (27 March).
[He] is fund … giltie of partiall counsall … quhairfoir he is repellit
4. To reject (a plea, argument, etc.) as invalid in law.1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 170.
The quhilkis twa exceptionis wer repellit 1532 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 60. 1532 Instit. Ct. Sess. in Facs. Nat. MSS III xx.
Ane delatour exceptioun being proponit and repellit be ane interlocutour of the lordis 1539 Prot. Bk. Hew Rig 31a.
Gif the shereff repell this protest for ramede of law [etc.] 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II 209. 1559–60 Soc. Ant. XI 521.
The said allegiance is nocht relewant and suld be repellit 1561 Reg. Privy C. I 180.
The said first exceptioun aucht and suld be repellit 1563–4 Perth B. Ct. 4 (14 Jan.).
The said jugis … repellit the defencis of the said Samsoun 1565 Edinb. Univ. MS La. iii 388a fol. 14a.
The peremptouris ar proponit altogeader and the samyn being repellit, the libell is admittit to the probatioun of the persewar 1576 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I 277.
Lik as the same being proponit the day preceiding and several [pr. seneralie] heidis wer all togidder repellit be my lord schireffis interlocutour pronuncit thairone a1578 Pitsc. I 82/5.
The king … caussit … speir at him quhat excuse he had to repell his pointis of dettay 1598 Crim. Trials II 50. 1615 Orkney & Shetl. Ct. Bks. 96.
To the quhilk it wes duplyit … that the said reply aucht to be repellit 1625 Justiciary Cases I 23. a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 245. 1635 Wodrow in Hay Geneal. 90.
The dittay and writts produced for verificatione … all being repelled by the Justice 1666 Inverness Rec. II 228.
And anser to the said protestatioun, quhilk repeles the demand therof 1672 Rothesay B. Rec. 225.
John Bannatyne protestit that the baillie was not judge competent bot the ordinarie, quhilk the judge repellit 1695 Fountainhall Decis. I 655.
b. To deny (a person) a right or claim to have something.1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 181.
The jugis repellit thaim to hef ony warandar because [etc.]
5. To reject (an argument, doctrine, custom, etc.). Also const. fra (oneself).a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 139/5.
The opinione of Arrius … and others … to be … repellit as … ongodlye doctrine 1562-3 Winȝet I 84/10.
Quhy hald ȝe godmotheris in the beginning, and now repellis the samin? Ib. II 29/3.
Repelland fra thame guid conscience, as concerning fayth thai ar schipbrokin c1550-c1580 Art of Music 46.
All barbur and onformall puyntis ar vterly exterminat and repellit
