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pro⋅pel
[pruh-pel] 
–verb (used with object), -pelled, -pel⋅ling.
| 1. | to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing. |
| 2. | to impel or urge onward: Urgent need of money propelled him to take a job. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME propellen to expel < L prōpellere to drive forward, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + pellere to drive
1400–50; late ME propellen to expel < L prōpellere to drive forward, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + pellere to drive
Synonyms:
1, 2. push, prod.
1, 2. push, prod.
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| pro·pel (prə-pěl') tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin prōpellere : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + pellere, to drive; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Propel
Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Propelling.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
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Language Translation for : propel
Spanish:
propulsar, impulsar,
German:
antreiben,
Japanese:
進ませる
propel
c.1440, "to drive away, expel," from L. propellere "push forward," from pro- "forward" + pellere "to push, drive." Meaning "to drive onward, cause to move forward" is from 1658. Propellant "fuel for a rocket engine" is from 1919. Propeller in mechanical sense is first attested 1809, of ships; of flying machines (in a broad, theoretical sense) 1842, in the specific modern sense 1853; shortened form prop is recorded from 1914.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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