propelled
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verb (used with object), pro·pelled, pro·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 Middle English propellen to expel < Latin prōpellere to drive forward, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + pellere to drive
1400–50; late Middle English propellen to expel < Latin prōpellere to drive forward, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + pellere to drive
Related forms
un·pro·pelled, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. push, prod.
1, 2. push, prod.
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| —vb , -pels, -pelling, -pelled | |
| (tr) to impel, drive, or cause to move forwards | |
| [C15: from Latin prōpellere to drive onwards, from | |
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Propelled
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
We called it the runway and it was literally propelled by its user.
The two students are then propelled up to the highest branches of this every expanding tree of information.
Furthermore, long-term growth is propelled by productivity gains, not by consumer spending.
It took steps that propelled the business toward bankruptcy.
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