revulse

See also: révulsé

English

Etymology

From Latin revulsus (“revulsed”), past participle of revello (“I revulse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvʌls/

Verb

revulse (third-person singular simple present revulses, present participle revulsing, simple past and past participle revulsed)

  1. To pull back with force.
    • 1791, Homer; W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume (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

revulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

revulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of revulsus
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