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 & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr.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.