propulse

verb — 2 senses

propulse

verb

/pɹəˈpʌls/

Etymology From Latin propulso.

1

Obsolete To repel; to drive off or away.

  • all succours were clerely estopped and propulsed from them1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke:
2

To propel; to drive forward.

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