IMPEL


Meaning of IMPEL in English

ə̇mˈpel transitive verb

( impelled ; impelled ; impelling ; impels )

Etymology: Latin impellere, from in- in- (II) + pellere to drive — more at felt

1.

a. : to urge or drive by force or constraint

impelled out of England … by religious dissension — Evelyn Wrench

: exert strong moral pressure on or affect with marked moral compulsion in a particular direction

impelled to resist oppressive laws

felt impelled to tolerate what he intensely disliked

continued to write, impelled by profit instead of vision and recollection — Saturday Review

b. : to create or generate by force or constraint

land hunger impelled the deceit, trickery, bribery which whites practiced upon the red man — H.M.Hyman

his symphonies and symphonic poems are impelled by picturesque Celtic folklore — Norman Demuth

2. : to impart motion to : give a physical impulse to : propel

impelling a wheelbarrow along the street — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms: see move

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