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"text": "c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz\nAll spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse."
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pel- (beat)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pel- (beat)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "frm",
"3": "impulser"
},
"expansion": "Middle French impulser",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "impulsus"
},
"expansion": "Latin impulsus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pulse"
},
"expansion": "pulse",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pulls"
},
"expansion": "pulls",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "else"
},
"expansion": "else",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "false"
},
"expansion": "false",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "convulse"
},
"expansion": "convulse",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus.\nFor spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "impulses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "impulsing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "impulsed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "impulsed",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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],
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"im‧pulse"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To impel; to incite."
],
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[
"impel",
"impel"
],
[
"incite",
"incite"
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],
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"(transitive) To impel; to incite."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈɪmpʌls/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-impulse.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-impulse.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"impulse"
],
"word": "impulse"
}
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