expulse

See also: expulsé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expulsus.

Verb

expulse (third-person singular simple present expulses, present participle expulsing, simple past and past participle expulsed)

1. (obsolete) To expel, usually by means of violence.
   • c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 14:

     Robert le Bruce re-enters Scotland, whence he had been by Edward the First expuls'd, inverting all the English Institutions, that had so lately setled the Peace and subjection of the Kingdom

Related terms

• expulsion
• expel

French

Verb

expulse

1. inflection of expulser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

expulse

1. vocative masculine singular of expulsus

Portuguese

Verb

expulse

1. inflection of expulsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

expulse

1. inflection of expulsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative