impello

• inpellō

From in- +‎ pellō (“push, drive”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈpɛl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈpɛl.lo]

impellō (present infinitive impellere, perfect active impulī, supine impulsum); third conjugation

1. to push, drive or strike against something; assail
2. to drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel

   Synonyms: compellō, cōgō, perpellō, impingō

3. (figuratively) to impel, incite, urge, instigate, stimulate, persuade

   Synonyms: urgeō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, subigō, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

4. (figuratively) to overthrow, subdue, rout, destroy, vanquish

   Synonyms: fundō, ruīnō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, aboleō, occīdō, perdō, dēstruō, exscindō, populor, accīdō, tollō, dīruō, sepeliō, perimō, interimō, afflīgō, trucīdō, dissipō, prōsternō, sternō, vertō, versō

• “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
    
  • to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
    
  • the enemy's line is repulsed: acies hostium impellitur