propulse

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/pɹəˈpʌls/

verb

To repel; to drive off or away.

OriginLatin propulso →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person propulses · participle present propulsing · participle past propulsed · past propulsed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo repel; to drive off or away.

    all succours were clerely estopped and propulsed from them

    1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke
  2. transitiveTo propel; to drive forward.

Origin

  1. Latinpropulso
  2. Englishpropulse

From Latin propulso.

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Translations

Spanish propulsar
  • propulsarpropel

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with propulse

pulserepulsedulseconvulseavulsedepulse
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APA

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MLA

“propulse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propulse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “propulse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propulse.

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