impellent
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of impellent
1610–20; < Latin impellent- (stem of impellēns ), present participle of impellere to set in motion. See impel, -ent
Example Sentences
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They were visions of conquest and exploration, an almost mystical impellent that drove him time and again from one horizon to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cleve, noting the smile, divined something of the 166 impellent thought behind that smile, and he grew uneasy.
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
Death is unconscious; but unconsciousness is no attribute of a mental state that is living and impellent and constantly manifests its active energy and power in the maintenance of the vital functions of the body.
From Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Hilton, Warren
What impellent was driving him toward these introspections?
From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold
She seemed to sway, gently, almost imperceptibly, from side to side—as though she waited for some sign or impellent force to guide her.
From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)
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