impel
im pel
- v urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- v cause to move forward with force
- Video games, Johnson notes, impel us to learn because playing them means not just following rules but also discovering what the rules are.
- At the Kuwaiti parliament last week, a crowd gathered quickly, noisily, in one of those convulsions of public feeling that impel strangers to converge on a single spot.
- Illustration by Edwina White for PTI The thought of a loved one can turn our wits upside down, ratchet up our heart rate, impel us to slay dragons and write corny songs.