impels

verb

present tense third-person singular of impel
1
as in drives
to set or keep in motion gasoline impels a car's engine

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2
as in compels
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be

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Recent Examples of impels And so, our mission – grounded in both truth and love – impels us to discern the motives that shape events, and the shifts in thought that drive human progress through higher ideals of justice, mercy, and wisdom. — Christa Case Bryant, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impels
  1. drives
  2. compels
  3. moves
  4. forces
  5. activates
  6. coerces
  7. propels
  8. obligates
Verb
  • Locarno Pro itself drives to identify opportunities during good times and industry malaise.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The longtime Disney executive had most recently served as chairman of Disney Experiences, the unit that includes the theme parks, cruise lines and consumer products, and which drives profitability for the company.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of drives
Verb
  • Frank’s ruling keeps the proposal to raise the homestead exemption up to $250,000 for Florida property owners on the ballot, but compels Attorney General James Uthmeier to rewrite parts of the plan.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The competitive pressure to achieve maximal adoption compels a convergence toward openness.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of compels
Verb
  • Pitch a idea for a team huddle, and let your expressive style set a cooperative tone that moves decisions forward.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The judge’s order paused the rollout of the surcharge on high-value second homes in the city while a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners moves forward.
    — Katherine Koretski, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • Users already use it to write profiles and draft messages, Sharabi said, which forces dating companies to decide how much of it belongs inside their products.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Nissan has engineered a software algorithm that artificially forces the engine's sound and RPMs to rise in perfect, linear lockstep with the car’s physical road speed.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of forces
Verb
  • Founded by Gracia Walker and Benjamin Silver, Broc Shot centers on sulforaphane, a compound derived from broccoli seed that activates the NRF2 pathway, part of the body’s natural defense system.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Pinching and holding both buds at the same time activates a new Audio Snapshot mode that records phone call audio or incoming sound and syncs it to the Nothing X app.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of activates
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  • However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of coerces
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  • More importantly, part of what propels the narrative in the book is Bret being the only one of his friends to see a dark side to Robert.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, sometimes the name is what propels us toward development in the first place.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of propels
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  • Zeus’s Law obligates Telemachus and Odysseus’s wife Penelope to host the suitors who hope to marry her in Odysseus’s absence.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • The Montreux Convention obligates Turkey to allow commercial ships freedom of passage, but allows the country to charge for some specific things, including sanitary, pilotage, towage and lighthouse services.
    — Joanne Stocker, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of obligates

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