Lewis & Short

rĕ-pulso, āre, 1, v. freq. [id.], to drive back or beat back again, to repel again and again.

  1. I. Lit.: civitas eloquiis caelestibus magis quam corporis voluptatibus hostiles impetus repulsare consueta, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 37 fin.
  2. II. Transf.: colles verba repulsantes, re-echoing, Lucr. 4, 579.
  3. III. Trop.: vera repulsans pectus dicta, Lucr. 4, 914.