rĕ-pulso Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Transf.III. Trop. • rĕ-pulso, āre, 1, v. freq. [id.], to drive back or beat back again, to repel again and again. I. Lit.: civitas eloquiis caelestibus magis quam corporis voluptatibus hostiles impetus repulsare consueta, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 37 fin.— II. Transf.: colles verba repulsantes, re-echoing, Lucr. 4, 579.— III. Trop.: vera repulsans pectus dicta, Lucr. 4, 914.