re·peal 
(rĭ-pēl)
(rĭ-pēl)tr.v. re·pealed, re·peal·ing, re·peals
1. To revoke or rescind, especially by the action of a legislature.
2. Obsolete To summon back or recall, especially from exile.
n.
The act or process of repealing.
[Middle English repelen, repealen, from Anglo-Norman repeler, alteration of Old French rapeler : re-, re- + apeler, to appeal; see APPEAL.]
re·peala·ble adj.
re·pealer n.
- Indo-European root: leb-
- Indo-European root: leg-
- Indo-European root: legh-
- Indo-European root: legwh-
- Indo-European root: lei-
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- Indo-European root: leigh-
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- Indo-European root: leu(ə)-
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- Indo-European root: līk-
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- Indo-European root: lūs-
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