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impelling
 
Adjective impelling has 1 sense
  1. impelling - markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"
    Antonyms:     ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual (indirect, via effective)
Verb impel has 2 senses
  1. impel, force - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
    --1 is one way to cause, do, make
    Derived form: noun impulsion1
    Sample sentence:
    They impel him to write the letter
  2. propel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
    --2 is one way to move, displace
    Derived forms: noun impulsion2, noun impeller1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
impegnare impegno impel impell impelled impellent impeller impellers impelling impels impend impended impendence impendency impendind impending impending

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