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What is the verb for impetus?

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impel
  1. (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically).
  2. (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Public sentiment is moving against their policies which should impel them to act with greater haste and determination.”
      “These incentives impel students to learn a foreign language.”
      “Of course, she probably only called me to try and impel me into reading her comment and replying.”
impels
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impel
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  3. Examples:
    1. “What impels you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs?”
      “At times the explanatory zeal of the commentators impels them into excess and absurdity.”
      “It is decadent, because its need for devalorization impels it to war and unceasing violence.”
impelleth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of impel
impelled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of impel
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It found up to 300 jobs could be lost if hunting is banned and those concerned feel impelled to destroy their horses and dogs.”
      “It is probable that the boldness of her temper impelled her sometimes to speak unwelcome truths to some of the people concerned in her affairs.”
      “Religious exaltation and fear of a relief force impelled the crusaders, with no siege equipment, to a doomed attack on 13 June.”
impelling
  1. present participle of impel
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the end of a decade of marriage her household was overflowing with people and objects, impelling her to begin a house hunt.”
      “During those days, we performed all our exterior actions as though guided by that same supernatural being who was impelling us thereto.”
      “With respect to kinetics the impelling force from the hind leg is important.”
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