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Definition of Propel
1. Verb. Cause to move forward with force. "Steam propels this ship"
Specialized synonyms: Flip, Rocket, Carry, Kick, Pole, Punt, Hit, Throw, Drive, Launch, Catapult, Project, Send Off, Loft
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Impellent, Impeller, Impulsion, Propellant, Propellant, Propellent, Propellent, Propeller, Propellor, Propulsion, Propulsive
2. Verb. Give an incentive for action. "They propel him to write the letter"; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Related verbs: Affect, Impress, Move, Strike, Move
Derivative terms: Act, Incitation, Incitement, Motivation, Motivation, Motivation, Motivative, Motivator, Motive, Propulsion
Definition of Propel
1. v. t. To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
Definition of Propel
1. Verb. To cause to move in a certain direction. ¹
2. Verb. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Propel
1. to cause to move forward or onward [v -PELLED, -PELLING, -PELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propel
Literary usage of Propel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"They simply walk in the water, the motions which serve to support and propel them
in that medium being very similar to those employed to progress on land. ..."
2. A Reply to Mr. Colden's Vindication of the Steam-boat Monopoly: With an by William Alexander Duer (1819)
"... in mechanics," ie to propel a vessel ;* and whatever may have been the nature
or success of the pro1- jects and experiments of Jonathan Hull and my Lord ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Those orders were so far carried into effect that the propel 1er passed on her
course without injury, but the barge was dragged by the hawser directly ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... property and foundations have in the course of centuries often been annexed
to them for purposes other than the maintenance of prelates; those propel* ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"The displacement of water by such a craft will be very much less than that of a
wooden boat, and the same exertion will propel it proportionately faster. ..."
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