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Webster 1913 Edition

(ē̍-vŭl′shŭn)

Noun.

[L.

evulsio

, fr.

evellere

evulsum

, to pluck out;

out +

vellere

to pluck; cf. F.

évulsion

The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Noun.

[L. evulsio, from evello; e and vello, to pluck.]

The act of plucking or pulling out by force.

evulsion ‎(countable and uncountable, plural evulsions)

(now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.4:
  Herein, therefore, to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that, from a strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts [...].