repulsern.
/rᵻˈpʌlsə/, U.S. /rəˈpəlsər/, /riˈpəlsər/ A person who or thing which repulses or repels.In quot. 1632: a medicine which repels (repel v. 1); cf. repulsive n. 1.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine repelling or drawing off
repercussivea1398
repulsive?c1425
repercutive?1541
repulser1611
repeller1634
repercusser1634
repellent1661
repriment1684
repellant1689
repercutient1719
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > repelling > one who
repeller?1560
repulser1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Repoulseur, a repulser, a repeller.
1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 113 In the increase [of the disease] repulsers must be aboue resoluers.
1753 S. Richardson Let. 2 June in Richardson-Stinstra Corr. (1969) 27 I have been directed to chide, and even repulse, when an Offence was either taken or given, at the very time that the Heart of the Chider or Repulser was open before me, overflowing with Esteem and Affection.
1845 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 166 Raising the beggar to a level (so to say) with his repulser.
1880 Harper's Mag. Nov. 836/1 Why, my dear woman..what you need is ‘Perry Peck's Iron-clad Repulser’. You have got calcareous deposits in the liver.
1928 Port Arthur (Texas) News 5 Oct. 2/3 (headline) Dalton repulser is claimed by death.
1963 Lima (Ohio) News 11 Feb. 15/1 It is human nature to find a braggard repulsive and this lip is the champion repulser.
2000 ABC News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 8 May I don't quite know what—where you go to find out what an alien invader repulser does.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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