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n. A driving or striking against; an appulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By appulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. avulsio. ] 1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The avulsion of two polished superficies. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fragment torn off. J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compulsio. See Compel. ] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. [ 1913 Webster ]

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low. Milton.

Syn. -- See Constraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By compulsion; by force. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. convulsio: cf. F. convulsion. ] 1. (Med.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those two massy pillars,
With horrible convulsion, to and fro
He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Times of violence and convulsion. Ames.

Syn. -- Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. convulsionnaire. ] Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. “Convulsionary struggles.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A convulsionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. Médard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. convulsif. ] Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. in a convulsive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of soothing; that which soothes. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depulsio. ] A driving or thrusting away. [ R. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Emulsion + -fy. ] To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Emulsion, Emulge. ] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [ R. ] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. émulsion. See Emulge. ] Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. émulsif. ] 1. Softening; milklike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. evulsio, fr. evellere, evulsum, to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck; cf. F. évulsion. ] The act of plucking out; a rooting out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel. ] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being expelled or driven out. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. expulsif. ] Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The expulsive power of a new affection. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + repulsive. ] Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. impulsio: cf. F. impulsion. See Impel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse. “The impulsion of the air.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. “The impulsion of conscience.” Clarendon. “Divine impulsion prompting.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. impulsif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor men! poor papers! We and they
Do some impulsive force obey. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart, impulsive and wayward. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. Sir W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impulsive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being impulsive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. insulsitas. ] Insipidity; stupidity; dullness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The insulsity of mortal tongues. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. propulsion. See Propel. ] 1. The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An impelling act or movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

God works in all things; all obey
His first propulsion. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. “[ The ] propulsive movement of the verse.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pulse + L. facere to make. ] Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pulse + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A sphygmograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulsio, fr. pellere, pulsum, to drive: cf. F. pulsion. ] The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to compel; compulsory. [ R. ] “The pulsive strain of conscience.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Renewed or repeated expulsion. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion. ] 1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. répulsif. ] 1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. [ 1913 Webster ]

Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Re*pul"sive*ly, adv. -- Re*pul"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. retro- + L. pellere, pulsum, to impel. ] Driving back; repelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. révulsion, L. revulsio, fr. revellere, revulsum, to pluck or pull away; pref. re- re- + vellere to pull. Cf. Convulse. ] 1. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal. “Revulsions and pullbacks.” SSir T. Brovne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. révulsif. ] Causing, or tending to, revulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Self-repelling. [ 1913 Webster ]