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Webster 1913 Edition


Evulsion

E-vul′sion

(ē̍-vŭl′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
evulsio
, fr.
evellere
,
evulsum
, to pluck out;
e
out +
vellere
to pluck; cf. F.
évulsion
.]
The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evulsion

EVUL'SION

,
Noun.
[L. evulsio, from evello; e and vello, to pluck.]
The act of plucking or pulling out by force.

Definition 2024


evulsion

evulsion

English

Noun

evulsion (countable and uncountable, plural evulsions)

  1. (now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.4:
      Herein, therefore, to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that, from a strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts [...].