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English → English (gcide) Definition: Appulse Appulse \Ap"pulse\ (?; 277), n. [L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse.] 1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. [1913 Webster] In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. --Holder. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian. [1913 Webster]