Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Striking against; impinging: as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Striking against; impinging.
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- adjective
Striking against;impinging .
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Examples
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Further, they're not going to find much in the way of political mobility either: despite all the blustering, the core differences between Democrats and Republicans are not directly appulsive issues like Social Security so much as marginalized ideological concerns like gay marriage.
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[cont. below] p. Name each nice change appulsive powers supply
Canto III 1803
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