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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. forcing forward or onward; impelling;
- Example: "an impellent power"
- Example: "an impellent cause"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impellent \Im*pel"lent\, a. [L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere.]
   Having the quality of impelling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impellent \Im*pel"lent\, n.
   An impelling power or force. --Glanvill.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impellent
    adj 1: forcing forward or onward; impelling; "an impellent
           power"; "an impellent cause"