Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PUL'SION
IM-PUL'SION, n. [Fr. from L. impulsio. See Impel.]
- The act of driving against or impelling; the agency of a body in motion on another body. Bacon.
- Influence on the mind; impulse. Milton.
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