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Impel
IMPEL', v.t. [L. impello; in and pello, to drive.]
To drive or urge forward; to press on; to excite to action or to move forward, by the application of physical force, or moral suasion or necessity. A ball is impelled by the force of powder; a ship is impelled by wind; a man may be impelled by hunger or a regard to his safety; motives of policy or of safety impel nations to confederate.
The surge impelled me on a craggy coast.
And several men impel to several ends.
impel appears in definitions for these words:
Adrift Affair Bandying Battering-ram Bear Billiards Blow Blowing Canoe Carry Cast Cause Centripetal Coaction Coactive Cock Concupiscible Despond Drift Drive Driven Driving Elastic Force Forced Forceful Forcing Have Hurried Hurrier Hurry Impel Impeller Impetus Impulse Impulsion Impulsive Inertitude Irresistibility Move Mover Moving Oar Pole Projectile Propagate Proportional Protrusive Push React Roll Row Rowing Sail Sailing Sally Scull Sculler Send Shaken Shaking Spur Station Thrust Thrusting Touch Trim Undriven Unforced Urge Urged Urging Voluntarily Voluntary Wave Weather-tide
Adrift Affair Bandying Battering-ram Bear Billiards Blow Blowing Canoe Carry Cast Cause Centripetal Coaction Coactive Cock Concupiscible Despond Drift Drive Driven Driving Elastic Force Forced Forceful Forcing Have Hurried Hurrier Hurry Impel Impeller Impetus Impulse Impulsion Impulsive Inertitude Irresistibility Move Mover Moving Oar Pole Projectile Propagate Proportional Protrusive Push React Roll Row Rowing Sail Sailing Sally Scull Sculler Send Shaken Shaking Spur Station Thrust Thrusting Touch Trim Undriven Unforced Urge Urged Urging Voluntarily Voluntary Wave Weather-tide
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