Impelling

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope.
  
     Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive;
          urge; actuate; move.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impelling
       See {impel}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impelling
       adj : markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling
             skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impel
       v 1: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
            [syn: {force}]
       2: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
          [syn: {propel}]
       [also: {impelling}, {impelled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "impelling":
     active, actuating, animating, causal, causative, compelling,
     compulsive, directive, driving, gripping, holding, impellent,
     impulsive, in motion, inducive, mobile, motile, motivating,
     motivational, motive, motor, moving, obsessing, obsessional,
     obsessive, possessing, preoccupying, pressing, propellant,
     propelling, pulsive, stirring, thrusting, transitional, traveling,
     urgent