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impelled


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impel  \Im*pel"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Impelled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Impelling}.]  [L.  impellere;  pref.  im-  in  +  pellere  pulsum 
  to  drive.  See  {Pulse}  a  beat  and  cf  {Impulse}.] 
  To  drive  or  urge  forward  or  on  to  press  on  to  incite  to 
  action  or  motion  in  any  way 
 
  The  surge  impelled  me  on  a  craggy  coast.  --Pope. 
 
  Syn:  To  instigate;  incite;  induce;  influence;  force;  drive; 
  urge;  actuate;  move 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impelled 
  adj  :  urged  or  forced  to  action  through  moral  pressure;  "felt 
  impelled  to  take  a  stand  against  the  issue"  [syn:  {driven}] 




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