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appulses

appulses is the plural of appulse.

Meaning of appulse

Noun

appulse (plural appulses)

  1. An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.
    • The remainder, […] thus retreats, that is, by the continual appulſe of the Sap, is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again, the Sap vvhereof it novv tinctures into good Aliment: […]1671 December 17 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1672), Nehemiah Grew, “Of the Root”, in The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun. […], London: […] Spencer Hickman, printer to the R[oyal] Society, […]...
  2. A close approach of two heavenly bodies; a conjunction or occultation.

Questions about appulses

What is appulses the plural of?
Appulses is the plural of appulse.

Words near appulses in the dictionary

  1. appuied
  2. appuies
  3. appuiing
  4. appuis
  5. appulse
  6. appulses
  7. appulsion
  8. appulsions
  9. appulsive
  10. appurtenance
  11. appurtenances

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