(verb) : prōpulso, āvi, ātum, 1, propello
* To drive back, keep or ward off, to repel, repulse (class.).
* Lit.: lupos,Varr. R. R. 2, 9: hostem,Caes. B. G. 1, 49: populum ab ingressione fori,Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9: et aquas hiemis et vapores aestatis propulsare radicibus,Col. 3, 15, 4; 7, 12, 3.—Absol.: ibi resistere ac propulsare,Sall. J. 51, 1.
* Trop., to ward off, avert, repel: frigus, famem propulsare,Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 71: periculum capitis legum praesidio,id. Clu. 52, 144: suspicionem a se,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140: bellum ab urbe ac moenibus,Liv. 3, 69; 28, 44: morbos exquisitis remediis,Col. 6, 5: violentiam vini,Gell. 15, 2, 6: praesidio vim propulsaturus,Curt. 10, 8, 4.

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