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View synonyms for impellent

impellent

[ im-pel-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. an impellent power; an impellent cause.



noun

  1. something that impels; an impelling agency or force.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of impellent1

1610–20; < Latin impellent- (stem of impellēns ), present participle of impellere to set in motion. See impel, -ent

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Example Sentences

Cleve, noting the smile, divined something of the 166 impellent thought behind that smile, and he grew uneasy.

Full of wrath, I kicked their fires out, with my impellent boots, and gave the order to inspan and to follow me at once.

This conception of thought as impellent—that is to say, as impelling bodily activity—is of absolutely fundamental importance.

Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization.

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