expulse

See also: expulsé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expulsus.

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

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
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