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IMPELLENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does impellent mean?
• IMPELLENT (adjective)
The adjective IMPELLENT has 1 sense:
1. forcing forward or onward; impelling
Familiarity information: IMPELLENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forcing forward or onward; impelling
Context example:
an impellent cause
Similar:
forceful (characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical))
Derivation:
impel (cause to move forward with force)
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