expulse

expulse

See also: expulsé

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin expulsō.

    Verb

    expulse (third-person singular simple present expulses, present participle expulsing, simple past and past participle expulsed)

    1. (obsolete) To expel, usually by means of violence.
      • c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. [] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 14:
        Robert le Bruce re-enters Scotland, whence he had been by Edward the First expuls'd, inverting all the English Institutions, that had so lately setled the Peace and subjection of the Kingdom

    Translations

    French

    Verb

    expulse

    1. inflection of expulser:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Latin

    Participle

    expulse

    1. vocative masculine singular of expulsus

    Portuguese

    Verb

    expulse

    1. inflection of expulsar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Spanish

    Verb

    expulse

    1. inflection of expulsar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative