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impel

verb
/ɪmˈpɛl/UK

Etymology

From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impellō.

  1. derived from impellō
  2. inherited from impellen

Definitions

  1. To urge a person

    To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

    • I feel impelled to reply to Roger Henry's letter about my article on being denied an apartment. I truly resent any insinuation that I "slunk back into that rotting old closet."
    • Concern for the common good should impel us to find ways to overcome the devilish impact of these disastrous policies […]

  2. To drive forward

    To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

    • The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore.

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Derived

reimpel, unimpelled

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at impel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01impel02press03crowd04pushing05pressing06insistent07urging08urge

A definitional loop anchored at impel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at impel

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA