To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
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It.
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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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That which is lifted up; an elevation.
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
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To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
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A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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Having the quality of impelling.
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Having the quality of impelling.
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One who, or that which, impels.
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One who, or that which, impels.
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A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
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A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
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The reasons and energy that drive someone to act.
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The reasons and energy that drive someone to act.
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That which moves; a mover.
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That which moves; a mover.
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To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
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To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
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To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
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