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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

propulsatio

. See

The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Noun.

[L. propulsatio,propulso. See Propel.]

The act of driving away or repelling; the keeping at a distance.

propulsation ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
- Bishop Joseph Hall
  The just cause of war is the propulsation of public injuries.