Middle English Dictionary Entry
repulses n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | repulses n. plural |
| Etymology | From OF repulse, var. of repousse & L repulsa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Electoral defeats; -- transl. of L De Repulsis, a chapter heading in Valerius Maximus' Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)93/13 : Valere rehersith in the vij boke whiche is called repulses [F des repulses]..that the Romayns..from yer to yer..chaunged the moste parte of their officers.