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   Im·pel

   /imˈpel/

   

   verb

   • 1. drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something: "financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures" Similar forcecompelconstrainobligenecessitaterequiredemandmakeurgeexhortpressapply pressurepressurepressurizedrivepushspurprodgoadincitepromptpersuadeinspire
   • ▪ drive forward; propel: "vital energies impel him in unforeseen directions" Similar propeldrivedrive forwardsmove forwardsmoveactuateset in motionget goingget moving

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘propel’): from Latin impellere, from in- ‘towards’ + pellere ‘to drive’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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