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propulse

/pɹəˈpʌls/

propulse verb: to repel; to drive off or away.

Verb

propulse (third-person singular simple present propulses, present participle propulsing, simple past and past participle propulsed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To repel; to drive off or away.
    • all succours were clerely estopped and propulsed from them1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke
  2. (transitive) To propel; to drive forward.

Forms of propulse

third-person singular presentpropulses
present participlepropulsing
past participlepropulsed
pastpropulsed

Origin of propulse

From Latin propulso.

Words that rhyme with propulse

Questions about propulse

What does propulse mean?
Propulse means to repel; to drive off or away.
What part of speech is propulse?
Propulse is a verb.
How do you pronounce propulse?
Propulse is pronounced /pɹəˈpʌls/.
What is the past tense of propulse?
The past tense of propulse is propulsed.

Words near propulse in the dictionary

  1. propugns
  2. propuh
  3. propulsatile
  4. propulsation
  5. propulsatory
  6. propulse
  7. propulsed
  8. propulsion
  9. propulsionless
  10. propulsions
  11. propulsive

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