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[ verb ] cause to move forward with force
Synonyms Examples "Steam propels this ship" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)The consciousness it mirrors may have come earlier to Europe than to America , but it is the consciousness that most `` mature '' societies arrive_at when their successes in technological and economic systematization propel them into a time of examining the not strictly practical ends of culture . |
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[ verb ] give an incentive
Examples "This moved me to sacrifice my career" Related terms cause affect move act motivation incentive incitement propulsion motivating |
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