appulse

An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.

Noun

  1. An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.
    • The remainder, […] thus retreats, that is, by the continual appulſe of the Sap, is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again, the Sap vvhereof it novv tinctures into good Aliment: […] - 1671 December 17...
    • [T]he vivacity of these trains of ideas, passing in the imagination, is greatly increased by […] their not being disturbed or dissevered either by the appluses of external bodies, as in surprize; or by our voluntary...
  2. A close approach of two heavenly bodies; a conjunction or occultation.

Origin

From Latin appulsus.

Forms

appulses