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expulses

expulses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expulse.

Meaning of expulse

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

Questions about expulses

What is expulses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Expulses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expulse.

Words near expulses in the dictionary

  1. expulsatory
  2. expulse
  3. expulsed
  4. expulser
  5. expulsers
  6. expulses
  7. expulsing
  8. expulsion
  9. expulsionary
  10. expulsionism
  11. expulsionist

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