appulse

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Pronunciation

/ˈæp.əls/(UK)

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/ˈæp.əls/(UK) · /əˈpʌls/(UK)

Definition of appulse

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noun

An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.

“The remainder, […] thus retreats, that is, by the continual appulſe of the Sap, is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again, the Sap vvhereof it novv tinctures into good Aliment: […]”
“[T]he vivacity of these trains of ideas, passing in the imagination, is greatly increased by […] their not being disturbed or dissevered either by the appluses of external bodies, as in surprize; or by our voluntary exertions in comparing them with our previous knowledge of things, as in reasoning upon them.”

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noun

An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.

“The remainder, […] thus retreats, that is, by the continual appulſe of the Sap, is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again, the Sap vvhereof it novv tinctures into good Aliment: […]”
“[T]he vivacity of these trains of ideas, passing in the imagination, is greatly increased by […] their not being disturbed or dissevered either by the appluses of external bodies, as in surprize; or by our voluntary exertions in comparing them with our previous knowledge of things, as in reasoning upon them.”
A close approach of two heavenly bodies; a conjunction or occultation.

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From Latin appulsus.

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