impel

(ĭm-pĕl')
tr.v., -pelled, -pel·ling, -pels.

1. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive: I was impelled by events to take a stand.
2. To drive forward; propel.

[Middle English impellen, from Latin impellere : in-, against; see in-² + pellere, to drive.]

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verb

1. To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause/effect, excite/bore/interest.
2. To set or keep going: actuate, drive, mobilize, move, propel, run. See move/halt.

v

Definition: prompt, incite
Antonyms: delay, dissuade, repress, slow, suppress

IN BRIEF: To drive or urge forward.

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. — Erich Fromm (1900-1980), U.S. psychologist. Man for Himself, ch. 3 (1947).

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See words rhyming with "impel."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilskynde, (frem)drive

Nederlands (Dutch)
nopen, aanzetten, voortdrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - inciter, pousser, forcer

Deutsch (German)
v. - antreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ωθώ, παρωθώ, εξωθώ

Italiano (Italian)
costringere, incitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - impelir

Русский (Russian)
побуждать, заставлять, приводить в движение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - impeler, impulsar, empujar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - (fram)driva, förmå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
推进, 推动, 驱使, 激励, 迫使

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 推進, 推動, 驅使, 激勵, 迫使

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 재촉하다, 몰아내다, 추진 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 推進する, 促す, 強いて…させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجبر, يرغم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דחף, זירז, המריץ‬

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