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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. impulsif.] 1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving impellent. Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive force obey. --Prior. 2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. My heart, impulsive and wayward. --Longfellow. 3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. --Sir W. Wotton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impulsive adj 1: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" [syn: {unprompted}] 2: without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted" 3: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: {driving}] 4: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {whimsical}] 5: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impetuous}, {madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}]
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