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Impel
//ɪmˈpɛl// verb
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Verb
- 1 To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. transitive
"She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher."
- 2 cause to move forward with force wordnet
- 3 To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action. transitive
"The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore."
- 4 urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impellō.
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