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)
- To pull back with force.
- 1791, Homer, translated by W[illiam] Cowper, 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
revulse
- vocative masculine singular of revulsus