propulse
See also: propulsé
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈpʌls/
- Rhymes: -ʌls
Verb
propulse (third-person singular simple present propulses, present participle propulsing, simple past and past participle propulsed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To repel; to drive off or away.
- 1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke:
- all succours were clerely estopped and propulsed from them
- (transitive) To propel; to drive forward.
References
- “propulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Verb
propulse
- inflection of propulser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
propulse
- third-person singular past historic of propellere
Etymology 2
Participle
propulse f pl
- feminine plural of propulso
Latin
Participle
prōpulse
- vocative masculine singular of prōpulsus
Portuguese
Verb
propulse
- inflection of propulsar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
propulse
- inflection of propulsar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative