Question

What does the root in repulse mean?

1. to send
2.to place
3. to drive
4. to try

Answer 1

the root means to drive

Answer 2

3. to drive

Step-by-step explanation:

Repulse comes from Latin repulsus, the past participle of repellere which means "to drive back or reject". That means the root of repulse is repel. If we look up this word in the dictionary it is defined as: to drive back.