Latin dictionary · verb

pellō

to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out

Dictionary forms: pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsum

Inflection: third conjugation

Meaning and definitions

1. to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
2. to strike, set in motion
3. to rout, put to flight, discomfit
4. to strike the chords, play
5. to touch, move, affect, impress
6. to beat, strike

Connected roots

• pell-

  driving, pushing

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• expel

  to force out or eject

• repulse

  to drive back an attack or attacker

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