revulse
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See also: révulsé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin revulsus (“revulsed”), past participle of revello (“I revulse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
revulse (third-person singular simple present revulses, present participle revulsing, simple past and past participle revulsed)
- To pull back with force.
- 1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
- But piercing with his lance Alcmaon, son
Of Thestor, suddenly revulsed the beam ,
Which following , Alcmaon to the earth
Fell prone […]
References[edit]
“revulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
revulse