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单词 propulsory
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propulsoryadj.

Brit. /prəˈpʌls(ə)ri/, U.S. /prəˈpəls(ə)ri/
Forms: 1500s propulsorie, 1600s– propulsory.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōpuls- , prōpellere , -ory suffix2.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōpuls-, past participial stem of prōpellere propel v. + -ory suffix2.
1. Having the quality of driving forward or propelling something; = propulsive adj. 2.
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the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating
stirring1421
movingc1443
provokingc1443
incitative1490
urgent1559
propulsory1585
pricking1592
pulsive1602
incentive1603
incitatory1610
urging1612
animalizing1617
impellent1620
irritant1636
instigative1644
propulsive1648
promptive1653
parastatic1656
exstimulatory1657
impulsory1659
appelling1666
irritative1686
instigating1702
spurring1702
stimulatinga1732
stimulatory1758
impulsive1788
stimulant1803
stimulative1836
exertivea1856
inciting1855
incitant1886
incitive1888
on-driving1927
incitory1941
1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. 272 It must bee thrust through, either by the steale, if it stick in, or else..with a propulsorie instrument.
1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd 115 Nor is there any Propulsory Engine for them, as is for the Bloud, therefore it must be from their springiness.
1805 A. Knox Let. 8 July in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 208 I had reasons propulsory, for every one of them; and reasons attractive, for three out of the four.
1885 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 12 May The power of this tremendous propulsory apparatus is almost beyond conception.
1910 Oakland (Calif.) 21 Aug. The experience which cost him his life has not been overcome in later times by the use of motors as propulsory and sustaining agents.
1944 O. Glasser Med. Physics 470 From the moment the head of the femur lies directly over the ankle until the moment the foot leaves the ground with the take-off, the leg acts as a propulsory force.
1991 P. Sima & V. Vevicka Evol. Immune Reactions 99 There is no heart comparable to the propulsory organs of chordates, molluscs, or arthropods.
2. = propulsive adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adjective] > propulsive
remigial1592
propellant1644
propulsive1648
propulsory1656
protrusive1676
projectile1696
projective1697
propelling1710
elastic1712
propulsatory1826
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Propulsory, that serves to put away or drive back. [Also in later dictionaries.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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