impel
Meaning of impel
verb
- drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.
financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures
a lack of equality impelled the oppressed to fight
late Middle English (in the sense ‘propel’): from Latin impellere, from in- ‘towards’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
Information about impel
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of impel is: impels.
- Languages in which impel is used:
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Hyphenation of impel
im-pel
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- impel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
impel synonyms
Meaning force:
Meaning propel:
Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:
Meaning make (something) necessary as a result or consequence:
Meaning need for a particular purpose:
Meaning ask authoritatively or brusquely:
Meaning compel (someone) to do something:
Meaning encourage someone to continue or succeed:
Meaning strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning make strong efforts to persuade or force (someone) to do something:
Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container):
Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning give an incentive or encouragement to (someone):
Meaning stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something:
Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:
Meaning encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour):
Meaning cause someone to take a course of action:
Meaning induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument:
Meaning fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative:
Translation of impel
- French: pousser, propulser, éjecter
- Spanish: empujar, propulsar, impulsar, impeler, forzar
- Italian: spingere, forzare, incitare
Anagrams of impel
Words that rhyme with impel
Jampel, phrampel, Tempel, stempel, Gimpel, reimpel, compel, precompel, recompel
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