1. Corporate means having a body. (See incorporate, second month, page 18.)
2. Having no hope; as, “Continued misfortune had rendered him desperate.”
3. Effeminate. Having the qualities of a woman; soft, delicate, to an unmanly degree. Applied to men.
5. Inanimate. Not having breath; without life.
6. Cordate. Having the shape of a heart; as a cordate leaf.
pel, puls = drive.
| 1. com pel, together | 7. im pulse, on |
| 2. compuls ion, act of | 8. pulse |
| 3. dis pel, apart | 9. pro pel, forward |
| 4. ex pel, out | 10. re pel, back |
| 5. expuls ion, act of | 11. re pulse, back |
| 6. im pel, on | 12. repuls ive, quality |
1. To compel, literally means to drive together; as a herd (a Latinism and rare). To drive or urge with force.
8. The pulse is caused by driving the blood through the arteries.
12. A person is repulsive when he has qualities which tend to drive others back or away.