depulsory

English

Etymology

Latin depulsorius.

Adjective

depulsory (comparative more depulsory, superlative most depulsory)

1. Driving or thrusting away; averting.
   • 1609, Philemon Holland, The Roman historie […] , translation of original by Ammianus Marcellinus:

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

References

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