Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the property of impelling.
- noun A power or force that impels or drives forward; motive or impelling power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An impelling power or force.
- adjective Having the quality of impelling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the
quality of beingimpelling . - noun An impelling power or force.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective forcing forward or onward; impelling
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Examples
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Death is unconscious; but unconsciousness is no attribute of a mental state that is living and impellent and constantly manifests its active energy and power in the maintenance of the vital functions of the body.
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She seemed to sway, gently, almost imperceptibly, from side to side -- as though she waited for some sign or impellent force to guide her.
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Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization.
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This conception of thought as impellent -- that is to say, as impelling bodily activity -- is of absolutely fundamental importance.
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So numerous and various were the influences, formative and impellent, which combined to bring the colonies up to the precise ripening-point of their independence, as to make it difficult to assign each its proper force.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various
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It may affect the primary, substantial reason or motive of the grant, or constitute merely a secondary or impellent cause of the concession.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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What impellent was driving him toward these introspections?
The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath 1901
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Cleve, noting the smile, divined something of the impellent thought behind that smile, and he grew uneasy.
The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901
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Becoming a good writer is a painful work and not every man is able to master it and more importantly, continue toiling in this impellent sphere.
Goa Blog 2008
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Whether it’d be culturally condoned or not, poligamy is wrong; female circumcision is wrong; the general opression of women and the impellent force to have them be subservient to men are wrong.
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