impel
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Verb
impels, 3rd person singular present; impelled, past tense; impelled, past participle; impelling, present participle;
/imˈpel/,
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impels, 3rd person singular present; impelled, past tense; impelled, past participle; impelling, present participle;
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Drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something
- - financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures
- - a lack of equality impelled the oppressed to fight
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Drive forward; propel
- - vital energies impel him in unforeseen directions
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- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- propel: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
- (impelled) driven: urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue"
- (impelling) markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"
- To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically); To drive forward; to propel an object
- drive or urge forward