impel
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
to drive or cause to move onward; propel; impart motion to.
Origin of impel
1synonym study For impel
Other words for impel
Opposites for impel
Other words from impel
- un·im·pelled, adjective
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How to use impel in a sentence
What, then, was the truth that the truth serum was seeking to impel?
Would Truth Serum Work on James Holmes in the Aurora Shooting Trial? | Kent Sepkowitz | March 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese all-too-possible nightmare scenarios should impel the United States to focus on the current state of Pakistan.
Marc Grossman Inherits the Worst Job in the World | Bruce Riedel | February 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe saw enough in her face to impel him to take her hand and hold it while he said his lingering good night.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe characters which crowd forth from his brain are sustained and impelled by the same social waves which sustain and impel us.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheYou alone, Madam, had the power to conquer my indolence, and to impel me to change my resolution.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
Resist that inclination which seems to impel you to gloomy meditation, solitude, and melancholy.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachVarious motives impel the living to treat with respect the body from which life has departed.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. Brinton
British Dictionary definitions for impel
/ (ɪmˈpɛl) /
to urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
to push, drive, or force into motion
Origin of impel
1Derived forms of impel
- impellent, noun, adjective
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