different between expeller vs expelled

English

Etymology

expel +? -er

Noun

expeller (plural expellers)

1. Anything 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.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French expeller, borrowed from Latin expell?, expellere.

Verb

expeller

1. to expel; to cast out

Conjugation

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

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (expeller)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expell?, expellere.

Verb

expeller

1. to expel; to cast out

Conjugation

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

• English: expel
• Middle French: expeller

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (expeller)

English

Alternative forms

• expeled (US)

Pronunciation

Verb

expelled

1. simple past tense and past participle of expel