\Re*peal"\ (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 & p. p. {Repealed}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         Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his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}.

\Re*peal"\, 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.