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A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.

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  1. n. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.
  2. n. 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.
  3. 1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder. 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.
  4. The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to themeridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to astar, or of a star to the meridian.
  5. n. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. n. 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.