depulse

English

Etymology

Latin depulsus, past participle of depellere (“to drive out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpʌls/

Verb

depulse (third-person singular simple present depulses, present participle depulsing, simple past and past participle depulsed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away.
   • 1670, Epicurus's Morals:

     Animals of different species being depulsed and kept apart

References

• “depulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

depulse

1. third-person singular past historic of depellere

Etymology 2

Participle

depulse f pl

1. feminine plural of depulso

Latin

Participle

dēpulse

1. vocative masculine singular of dēpulsus