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im·pel·lent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. impellentadjective

    forcing forward or onward; impelling

    "an impellent power"; "an impellent cause"

Wiktionary

  1. impellentadjective

    Having the quality of being impelling.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Impellentnoun

    An impulsive power; a power that drives forward.

    Etymology: impellens, Latin.

    How such a variety of motions should be regularly managed, in such a wilderness of passages, by mere blind impellents and material conveyances, I have not the least conjecture. Joseph Glanvill.

ChatGPT

  1. impellent

    Impellent is a noun or adjective that refers to something causing or encouraging a particular action or event to happen. It typically refers to a force, stimulus, motive, or influence that drives or urges someone or something forward.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Impellentadjective

    having the quality of impelling

  2. Impellentnoun

    an impelling power or force

  3. Etymology: [L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of impellent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of impellent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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