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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

appulsus

, fr.

appellere

appulsum

, to drive to;

pellere

to drive: cf. F.

appulse

A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.

In all consonants there is an

appulse

of the organs.

Holder.

(Astron.)

The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction;

as, the

appulse

of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian

Noun.

appuls;. [L. appulsus, of ad and pello, to drive.]

The act of striking against; as in all consonants there is an appulse of he organs.

In astronomy, the approach of any planet to a conjunction with the sun, or a star.

Arrival; landing.