Latin

Alternative forms

• inpellō

Verb

impellō ‎(present infinitive impellere, perfect active impulī, supine impulsum); third conjugation

1. I push, drive or strike against something; assail.
2. I drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel.
3. (figuratively) I impel, incite, urge, instigate, stimulate, persuade.
4. (figuratively) I overthrow, subdue, rout, destroy, vanquish.

Inflection

Derived terms

• impulsiō
• impulsor
• impulsus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: impel, impulse
• Italian: impellere
• Portuguese: impelir
• Spanish: empeller, impeler

References

• impello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impello”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
    
  • to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
    
  • the enemy's line is repulsed: acies hostium impellitur