revulse
See also: révulsé
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin revulsus (“revulsed”), past participle of revello (“I revulse”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrevulse (third-person singular simple present revulses, present participle revulsing, simple past and past participle revulsed)
- To pull back with force.
- 1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
- But piercing with his lance Alcmaon, son
Of Thestor, suddenly revulsed the beam ,
Which following , Alcmaon to the earth
Fell prone […]
References
edit“revulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editLatin
editParticiple
editrevulse