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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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