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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expulsus.
Verb
expulse (third-person singular simple present expulses, present participle expulsing, simple past and past participle expulsed)
- (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
- inflection of expulser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Participle
expulse
- vocative masculine singular of expulsus
Portuguese
Verb
expulse
- inflection of expulsar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
expulse
- inflection of expulsar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative