Definition of "impellent" [im•pel•lent]

• Having the quality of being impelling. (adjective)
• An impelling power or force. (noun)

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• "Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization."
• "So numerous and various were the influences, formative and impellent, which combined to bring the colonies up to the precise ripening-point of their independence, as to make it difficult to assign each its proper force."
• "This conception of thought as impellent -- that is to say, as impelling bodily activity -- is of absolutely fundamental importance."