propel
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /pɹəˈpɛl/
propel (propels, present participle propelling; past and past participle propelled)
- (transitive) To cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- (transitive) To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
- French: propulser, catapulter
- German: antreiben
- Italian: propellere
- Portuguese: propulsar
- Russian: дви́гать
- Spanish: propulsar
- French: catapulter
- Italian: catapultare, spingere
- Spanish: , propulsar
- Spanish: impulsar
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