expulsionn.
/ɛkˈspʌlʃən/ a. The action of expelling, or driving out by force (a person or thing); the turning out (of a person) from an office, a society, etc. Also the fact or condition of being expelled. Also attributive, as expulsion order.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out
outputtinga1387
outcastinga1398
outing1440
deboutement1481
expulsiona1513
expulsing1528
expelling1532
expulsement1537
propulsation1578
expulsure1598
ejectment1602
outcast1602
abandoning1611
unroosting1615
propulsion1626
eliminationa1631
chucking-out1881
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxx. f. xii Brenne..takyng sore to mynde his expulsion from his naturall Countre.
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth i. f. 70v Neyther to acquysityon of vertue nor expulsyon of vice.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. av Somtyme foloweth thexpulsion of ye holygost & his grace.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xx. 214 The total expulsion of the Spaniards.
1661 A. Cowley Proposition Advancem. Exper. Philos. 48 The perseverance in any enmity shall be punish'd by the Governors with expulsion.
1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 292 Such extraordinary Expulsions as had been lately used.
1796 E. Burke Corr. IV. 336 He forgets..his kind behaviour to me, at the time of my expulsion from the party.
1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 258 (note) It..affords the first precedent of the expulsion of a member from the House of Commons.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. v. 250 The change..consists in the gradual expulsion of the air.
1905 Aliens Act (5 Edward VII, c. 13) §3 The Secretary of State may..make an order (in this Act referred to as an expulsion order) requiring an alien to leave the United Kingdom within a time fixed by the order, and thereafter to remain out of the United Kingdom.
b. In physiological use. Formerly spec.; now contextual. †virtue of expulsion = expulsive virtue at expulsive adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > letting or forcing out (a substance, etc.) > [noun]
expulsionc1400
ejaculation1603
expulsation1615
transpiration1707
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A) 168 In þe clooþ þat is wiþoutforþ þere ben longe villis and þat makiþ expulcioun.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 194 In morphea þe vertu of expulcion is strong.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cci A body..may nat grow by the vertue of such degestion without expulsion.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §353 The Bringing forth of Living Creatures may be Accelerated..if there be some cause from the Mothers Body of Expulsion or putting it down.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 359 Soft Liquors drank plentifully..promote the Expulsion of the Stone Gravel.
1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 392 The alternate admission and expulsion of air..in Insects.
Derivatives
exˈpulsionist n. one who favours the expulsion of any person or persons.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > one who favours
expulsionist1885
1885 Athenæum 20 June 791/3 The ‘expulsionists’ were ‘nowhere’!
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 June 3/2 All the Prince's arguments are better than those of the expulsionists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
n.c1400