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# impel

verb (impels, impelled, impelling)

«impel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To impel someone is to push or drive them to do something, as if they cannot stop themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impel/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a strong feeling or a curse drives a character to act

### Examples

- Fear impelled him to run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impel/#x1)
- Hunger impelled the wolf to leave the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impel/#x2)
- Something impels the vampire to leave its grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impel/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impel.html) on Mova free.