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appulse|əˈpʌls|
[ad. L. appuls-us, n. of completed action f. appuls- ppl. stem of appellĕre, f. ap- = ad- to + pellĕre to drive. Some pronounce ˈæpʌls; cf. ˈimpulse, reˈpulse.]
1. A driving or energetic motion toward or against a place. † spec. The running of a ship towards any point (obs.).
a1626Bacon Phys. Ess. (R.) The hours differ according to the appulse of the water to the shores. 1673Grew Anat. Roots ii. §28 The continual appulse of fresh sap. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. i. iii. 16 Light..operateth by appulse upon the eye. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. II. 412 The history of Deucalion, and of the appulse of the Ark. 1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sc. Org. Nat. I. 265 The grinding surface of the crown receives the appulse of the opposing tooth.
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1642H. More Song of Soul ii. i. ii. xiii, Or 'fore some storm, when their [i.e. birds'] quick sprights be stird With nearer strong appulse. 1763Shenstone Elegies xvi. 11 Foe to the dull appulse of vulgar joy.
2. Astr. The arrival of a star or planet at the meridian or other point; the coming into conjunction of two heavenly bodies.
1668T. Smith Voy. Constant. in Misc. Cur. (1708) III. 58 The fixed Stars, and the appulse of the Moon to them. 1760Chron. in Ann. Reg. 65/1 A comet..made a near appulse to the star in Orion's right knee. 1834Nat. Philos., Astron. i. 13/1 (U.K.S.) Each star is found to have precisely the same interval between its successive appearances on, or as they are also termed, appulses to, the meridian. |