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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the property of impelling.
  • noun A power or force that impels or drives forward; motive or impelling power.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An impelling power or force.
  • adjective Having the quality of impelling.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having the quality of being impelling.
  • noun An impelling power or force.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective forcing forward or onward; impelling

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