expeller

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English

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Etymology

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From expel +‎ -er.

Noun

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expeller (plural expellers)

  1. Someone or something that expels.
    • 2015, Immanuel Wallerstein, Carlos Aguirre Rojas, Charles C. Lemert, Uncertain Worlds: World-systems Analysis in Changing Times:
      The latter, for example, are overheard dismissing the former as mere “quantoids”—as if quantitative methods turn those who deploy them into machinelike expellers of numeric waste.
    1. A machine that removes most of the oil from oilseeds to form oil cake.
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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French expeller, borrowed from Latin expellō, expellere.

Verb

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expeller

  1. to expel; to cast out

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

References

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin expellō, expellere.

Verb

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expeller

  1. to expel; to cast out

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ell, *-ells, *-ellt are modified to el, eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • English: expel
  • Middle French: expeller

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