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Adjective: propelling  pru'pe-ling
  1. Tending to or capable of propelling
    "propelling fuel for submarines"
    - propellant, propellent, propulsive
Verb: propel (propelled,propelling)  pru'pel
  1. Cause to move forward with force
    "Steam propels this ship"
    - impel
     
  2. Give an incentive for action
    "This propelled me to sacrifice my career"
    - motivate, actuate, move, prompt, incite

See also: dynamic, dynamical, propellent, propeller, propulsion

Type of: cause, displace, do, engender, make, move

Encyclopedia: Propel