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expulsion|ɛkˈspʌlʃən|
[ad. L. expulsiōn-em, n. of action f. expellĕre: see expel. Cf. Fr. expulsion.]
a. The action of expelling, or driving out by force (a person or thing); the turning out (of a person) from an office, a society, etc. Also the fact or condition of being expelled. Also attrib., as expulsion order.
1494Fabyan Chron. ii. xxx. 22 Brenne..takyng sore to mynde his expulsion from his naturall countre. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 93 b, Somtyme foloweth thexpulsyon of y⊇ holy goost and his grace. 1557Paynel Barclay's Jugurth 90 Neyther to acquisicion of vertue nor expulsion of vyce. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 221 The total expulsion of the Spaniards. 1661Cowley Adv. Exper. Philos. Wks. 48 The perseverance in any enmity shall be punish'd by the Governors with expulsion. 1698Ludlow Mem. I. 292 Such extraordinary Expulsions as had been lately used. 1796Burke Corr. IV. 336 He forgets..his kind behaviour to me, at the time of my expulsion from the party. 1816Singer Hist. Cards 258 note, It..affords the first precedent of the expulsion of a member from the House of Commons. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. v. 250 The change..consists in the gradual expulsion of the air. 1905Act 5 Edw. VII c. 13 §3 The Secretary of State may..make an order (in this Act referred to as an expulsion order) requiring an alien to leave the United Kingdom within a time fixed by the order, and thereafter to remain out of the United Kingdom.
b. In physiological use. Formerly spec.; now contextual. † virtue of expulsion = expulsive virtue (expulsive 1).
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 168 (MS. A) In þe clooþ þat is wiþoutforþ þere ben longe villis and þat makiþ expulcioun. Ibid. 194 In morphea þe vertu of expulcion is strong. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1054 A body..may nat grow by the vertue of such degestion without expulsion. 1626Bacon Sylva §353 The Bringing forth of Living Creatures may be Accelerated..if there be some cause from the Mothers Body of Expulsion or putting it down. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 359 Soft Liquors drank plentifully..promote the Expulsion of the Stone Gravel. 1851Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 392 The alternate admission and expulsion of air..in Insects.
Hence exˈpulsionist, one who favours the expulsion of any person or persons.
1885Athenæum 20 June 791/3 The ‘expulsionists’ were ‘nowhere’! 1886Pall Mall G. 11 June 3/2 All the Prince's arguments are better than those of the expulsionists. |