Definition of impelled

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Impelled (imp. & p. p.) of Impe.

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Violent :: Violent (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease..
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free..
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity..
Impetus :: Impetus (n.) 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.
Sail :: Sail (n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power..
Projectile :: Projectile (n.) A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm..
Impulsion :: Impulsion (n.) The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse..
Projectile :: Projectile (a.) Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion..
Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage..
Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
Impelled :: Impelled (imp. & p. p.) of Impe.
Instinct :: Instinct (a.) Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life..
Blowgun :: Blowgun (n.) A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan..
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