depulse
English
Etymology
Latin depulsus, past participle of depellere (“to drive out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈpʌls/
Verb
depulse (third-person singular simple present depulses, present participle depulsing, simple past and past participle depulsed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To drive away.
- 1670, Epicurus's Morals:
- Animals of different species being depulsed and kept apart
Related terms
References
- “depulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
depulse
- third-person singular past historic of depellere
Etymology 2
Participle
depulse f pl
- feminine plural of depulso
Latin
Participle
dēpulse
- vocative masculine singular of dēpulsus