Read full poem →Than whom a better senator ne'er held
The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled
The fierce Epirot and the African bold,
Dictionary Entry
To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
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Poetry examples for “repelled”
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Read full poem →hinderance or of pain, that he submitted himself to a French empirick,
who is said to have repelled the disease into his bowels.
Read full poem →In a dogged way he repelled them, signing to them to go on
and leave him alone. The shadows of his face were deepening