Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. · To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impellō.
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