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revulses

revulses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of revulse.

Meaning of revulse

Verb

revulse (third-person singular simple present revulses, present participle revulsing, simple past and past participle revulsed)

  1. To pull back with force.
    • But piercing with his lance Alcmaon, son
      Of Thestor, suddenly revulsed the beam ,
      Which following , Alcmaon to the earth
      Fell prone[…]1791, Homer, translated by W[illiam] Cowper, The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC

Questions about revulses

What is revulses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Revulses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of revulse.

Words near revulses in the dictionary

  1. revulcanizing
  2. revulsant
  3. revulsants
  4. revulse
  5. revulsed
  6. revulses
  7. revulsing
  8. revulsion
  9. revulsionary
  10. revulsions
  11. revulsive

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