revulse

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/ɹɪˈvʌls/

verb

To pull back with force.

OriginLatin revulsus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person revulses · participle present revulsing · participle past revulsed · past 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

Origin

  1. Latinrevulsus“revulsed”
  2. Englishrevulse

From Latin revulsus (“revulsed”), past participle of revello (“to revulse”).

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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