depulsory

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adjective

Driving or thrusting away; averting.

OriginLatin depulsorius →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivedepulsory (comparative more depulsory, superlative most depulsory)

comparative more depulsory · superlative most depulsory

  1. Driving or thrusting away; averting.

    Making supplication[…]unto the gods by the meanes of certaine depulsorie sacrifices.

    1609, Philemon Holland, The Roman historie […] , translation of original by Ammianus Marcellinus

Origin

  1. Latindepulsorius
  2. Englishdepulsory

Latin depulsorius.

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APA

depulsory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depulsory

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“depulsory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depulsory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depulsory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depulsory.

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