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Word entry · 5 letters

impel

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"Drive forward"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɪmˈpɛl/Part of speech verbSorted eilmpStarts with IEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (IMPEL).

Definitions

  1. To drive, urge, or force forward.

Word origin

From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impellō.

Used in a sentence

  • I feel impelled to reply to Roger Henry's letter about my article on being denied an apartment. I truly resent any insinuation that I "slunk back into that rotting old closet."
  • Concern for the common good should impel us to find ways to overcome the devilish impact of these disastrous policies […]
  • The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore.

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