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impelverb to set or keep in motiongasoline impels a car's engine actuate, drive, move, propel, work activate, motivate, provokeabet, ferment, foment, incite, raise, stir (up), whip (up)set off, trigger, triparouse, excite, fire (up), galvanize, inflame(also enflame), inspire, instigate, rouse, stimulate bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain to cause (a person) to give in to pressureI felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be blackjack, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impress, make, muscle, obligate, oblige, press, pressure, sandbag browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, hector, intimidateblackmail, high-pressure, menace, shame, terrorize, threatendragbadger, harass, hound twist one's arm allow, let, permitargue, convince, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over) move, actuate, drive, impel mean to set or keep in motion.move is very general and implies no more than the fact of changing position.moved the furniture actuate stresses transmission of power so as to work or set in motion.turbines actuated by waterpower drive implies imparting forward and continuous motion and often stresses the effect rather than the impetus.a ship driven aground by hurricane winds impel is usually figurative and suggests a great motivating impetus.a candidate impelled by ambition in the 15th century |