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expulse

expulse verb: to expel, usually by means of violence.

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.
    • 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 Kingdomc. 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

Forms of expulse

third-person singular presentexpulses
present participleexpulsing
past participleexpulsed
pastexpulsed

Origin of expulse

Borrowed from Latin expulsō.

Questions about expulse

What does expulse mean?
Expulse means to expel, usually by means of violence.
What part of speech is expulse?
Expulse is a verb.
What is the past tense of expulse?
The past tense of expulse is expulsed.

Words near expulse in the dictionary

  1. expuition
  2. expuitions
  3. expulsation
  4. expulsations
  5. expulsatory
  6. expulse
  7. expulsed
  8. expulser
  9. expulsers
  10. expulses
  11. expulsing

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