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expels

expels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expel.

Meaning of expel

Verb

expel (third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled)

  1. (transitive) To eject.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
    • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. (transitive) To remove from membership.
    • He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
  4. (transitive) To deport.

Questions about expels

What is expels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Expels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expel.

Words near expels in the dictionary

  1. expellers
  2. expelleth
  3. expelling
  4. expellings
  5. expells
  6. expels
  7. expence
  8. expences
  9. expencive
  10. expend
  11. expendabilities

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