repulse
verb (used with object)
to drive back; repel.
unrepulsed
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a word derived from
repulse.
Example Sentences
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Uninvited, therefore, but unrepulsed, Hymen approached our heroine in the form of Casimir Dudevant, the illegitimate, but acknowledged son and heir of Colonel Dudevant, an officer of good standing and reasonable fortune.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various
"Would you care?" asks Cyril, going up to her and placing one arm gently round her; being unrepulsed, he gradually strengthens this arm with the other.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
He takes her hand deliberately and draws it unrepulsed through his arm.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
So saying, he managed to get the end of his fingers on to her palm, and there it remained unrepulsed.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
Still unrepulsed he returned to the attack; again, as it were, begging the question,— “Shall I name the woman?”
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
