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propulsio

propulsio [CL propulsare+-io] 1 (act of) driving out, forth, or away. duo filii Heraldi regis Anglie, mesti pro patris occisione suique ~one, confugerant ad Dyrmetum regem Hibernie Ord. Vit. IV 5 p. 189. 2 (act of) striking or ringing (a signal). ~ones signorum atque horas diei et noctis ita ‥ temperare ut ‥ Cust. Westm. 62; illius [sc. secretarii] specialiter incumbit officio ~ones signorum ‥ temperare Cust. Cant. 116. 3 (act of) driving, impelling, or urging on. c1236 fratrum minorum conversatio est populi cum quo habitant ‥ ad currendum ‥ in viam pacis ‥ stimulatio et ~o Gros. Ep. 34. 4 (act of) attacking or assailing, attack, assault. 1198 nos ‥ magnificentiam tuam rogamus ‥ quatinus ipsos [sc. monachos] ‥ a malignantium ~one defendas (Lit. Papae) Gerv. Cant. Chr. 562.

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