Impel

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  • transitive verb. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive.
  • transitive verb. To drive forward; propel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action in any way: as, steam is the impelling force of a locomotive.
  • Synonyms Prompt, Induce, etc. (see actuate); to influence, push on, force on, move, lead, set on. (See list under incite.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically)
  • verb. To drive forward; to propel an object.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to move forward with force
  • verb. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
    • Word Usage
    "Your country's calls, your excitement, honour and glory, again impel, and undauntedly and cheerfully you expose that life which the night before you fancied was of value."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cause  do  make  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel  Adele  Bel  Bell  Belle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    actuate  lying-to  propulsive  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    actuate  actuate  advance  animate  beset  
    variant
    impelled  impelling  
    verb-form
    impell  impelled  impelling  impels  
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