Bible Dictionaries
Appulse

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Appulse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/appulse.html. 1828.