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(r?-p?l"), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n.Repealing.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.] 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law. 3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton. Syn. -- To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish. Repeal" n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. Shak. 2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage. スポンサード リンク
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