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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
impelling
    adj 1: markedly effective as if by emotional pressure;
           "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling
           personality"
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impel \Im*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Impelling.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum,
   to drive. See Pulse a beat, and cf. Impulse.]
   To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to
   action or motion in any way.
   [1913 Webster]

         The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope.

   Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive;
        urge; actuate; move.
        [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for impelling:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
active, actuating, animating, causal, causative, compelling, compulsive, directive, driving, gripping, holding, impellent, impulsive, in motion, inducive, mobile, motile, motivating, motivational, motive, motor, moving, obsessing, obsessional, obsessive, possessing, preoccupying, pressing, propellant, propelling, pulsive, stirring, thrusting, transitional, traveling, urgent
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