I.to drive back, keep or ward off, to repel, repulse (class.).
I. 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.—
II. 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.
