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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Repellent

/(-lent)/ · Re·pel·lent · IPA /ɹəˈpɛlənt/
01 a. Driving back; able or tending to repel.
  1. 1.
    Driving back; able or tending to repel.
02 n. That which repels.
  1. 1.
    That which repels.
  2. 2.
    A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.(Med.)
  3. 3.
    A kind of waterproof cloth.