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impellent

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im⋅pel⋅lent

[im-pel-uhnt]
–adjective
1. impelling: an impellent power; an impellent cause.
–noun
2. something that impels; an impelling agency or force.

Origin:
1610–20; < L impellent- (s. of impellēns), prp. of impellere to set in motion. See impel, -ent
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