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im·pel

(ĭm-pĕl′)

tr.v. im·pelled, im·pel·ling, im·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; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

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impel

(ɪmˈpɛl)

vb (tr) , -pels, -pelling or -pelled

1. to urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

2. to push, drive, or force into motion

[C15: from Latin impellere to push against, drive forward, from im- (in) + pellere to drive, push, strike]

imˈpellent n, adj

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im•pel

(ɪmˈpɛl)

v.t. -pelled, -pel•ling.

1. to drive or urge forward.

2. to impart motion to.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin impellere to strike against, set in motion =im- im-¹ + pellere to strike, move (something); compare pulse¹]

syn: See compel.

impel

Past participle: impelled
Gerund: impelling

Imperative
impel
impel

Present
I impel
you impel
he/she/it impels
we impel
you impel
they impel

Preterite
I impelled
you impelled
he/she/it impelled
we impelled
you impelled
they impelled

Present Continuous
I am impelling
you are impelling
he/she/it is impelling
we are impelling
you are impelling
they are impelling

Present Perfect
I have impelled
you have impelled
he/she/it has impelled
we have impelled
you have impelled
they have impelled

Past Continuous
I was impelling
you were impelling
he/she/it was impelling
we were impelling
you were impelling
they were impelling

Past Perfect
I had impelled
you had impelled
he/she/it had impelled
we had impelled
you had impelled
they had impelled

Future
I will impel
you will impel
he/she/it will impel
we will impel
you will impel
they will impel

Future Perfect
I will have impelled
you will have impelled
he/she/it will have impelled
we will have impelled
you will have impelled
they will have impelled

Future Continuous
I will be impelling
you will be impelling
he/she/it will be impelling
we will be impelling
you will be impelling
they will be impelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been impelling
you have been impelling
he/she/it has been impelling
we have been impelling
you have been impelling
they have been impelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been impelling
you will have been impelling
he/she/it will have been impelling
we will have been impelling
you will have been impelling
they will have been impelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been impelling
you had been impelling
he/she/it had been impelling
we had been impelling
you had been impelling
they had been impelling

Conditional
I would impel
you would impel
he/she/it would impel
we would impel
you would impel
they would impel

Past Conditional
I would have impelled
you would have impelled
he/she/it would have impelled
we would have impelled
you would have impelled
they would have impelled

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Verb	1.	impel - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate force cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
	2.	impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" propel flip - move with a flick or light motion rocket - propel with a rocket carry - propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" kick - drive or propel with the foot pole, punt - propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" drive - push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall" launch - propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship" catapult - shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort" send off, project - throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" loft - propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

impel

verb force, move, compel, drive, require, push, influence, urge, inspire, prompt, spur, stimulate, motivate, oblige, induce, prod, constrain, incite, instigate, goad, actuate I felt impelled to go on speaking.
check, discourage, restrain, rebuff, dissuade, repulse

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impel

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.

2. To set or keep going:

actuate, drive, mobilize, move, propel, run.

Translations

يَحُثُّ، يَدْفَع إلى

dohnat

tvinge

zwingen

pousser inciter poursuivre

òvinga, knÿja

costringere forzare spingere

pastūmėti

mudinātskubināt

aanzetten voortdrijven

mecbur etmekzorlamak

推动逼迫

impel

[ɪmˈpel] VT

1. (= force, compel) → obligar
I feel impelled to say → me veo obligado a decir ...

2. (= drive) → impulsar, impeler (frm)
hunger impelled him to do it → el hambre lo impulsó a hacerlo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

impel

[ɪmˈpɛl] vt (= force) → forcer
to impel sb to do sth → forcer qn à faire qch

impel

(= force) → nötigen; to impel somebody to do something → jdn (dazu) nötigen, etw zu tun; to impel somebody (in)to action → jdn zum Handeln nötigen

(= drive on) → (voran)treiben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

impel

[ɪmˈpɛl] vt (force) to impel sb (to do sth) → costringere or obbligare qn (a fare qc); (drive) → spingere qn (a fare qc)

impel

(imˈpel) – past tense, past participle imˈpelled – verb

to urge or force. Hunger impelled the boy to steal.

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- how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells - Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!

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My state of mind regarding the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure; but I hope it had some dregs of good at the bottom of it.

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But to man doth it ever impel me anew, my fervent creative will; thus impelleth it the hammer to the stone.

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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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The author appears to be outraged by the tactless actions of a nation that promotes "liberty and justice for all", and impels her indignation by employing far too many accounts of wrongdoing that eventually overwhelm the reader.

Johanna Schoen, Choice & Coercion, Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare

"The silence of the victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau impels us to uphold, and order the upholding, of the dignity of each human being," a Jewish-born French Roman Catholic cardinal, Jean-Marie Lustiger, said in a speech at the commemoration on the site of the former German-run camp.

Auschwitz a 'shadow' on Europe's history

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