impelling force
1impelling force — index impetus, impulse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp …
3force — [fôrs, fōrs] n. [ME < OFr < VL * fortia, * forcia < L fortis, strong: see FORT1] 1. strength; energy; vigor; power 2. the intensity of power; impetus [the force of a blow] 3. a) physical power or strength exerted against a person or… …
4impelling — index causative, coercion, compelling, decisive, force (compulsion), forcible, important (urgent) …
5Impelling — Impel Im*pel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impelling}.] [L. impellere; pref. im in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See {Pulse} a beat, and cf. {Impulse}.] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or… …
6force — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compulsion, coercion; strength, brawn, power, might; meaning, import, effect; troops, soldiery, army (see combatant). See vigor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Physical power] Syn. strength, energy, might;… …
7impelling — im·pel || ɪm pel v. urge into action, drive, force onward, propel forward, cause to move …
8driving force — Synonyms and related words: bunt, butt, clout, compulsion, drive, impellent, impelling force, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitement, irresistible force, moment, momentum, motive power, power, propelling, propelment, propulsion,… …
9drive — drivable, driveable, adj. /druyv/, v., drove or (Archaic) drave, driven, driving, n., adj. v.t. 1. to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to… …
10impulse — /ˈɪmpʌls / (say impuls) noun 1. the inciting influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under the impulse of pity. 2. sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action, or a particular instance of it: to be swayed by impulse …
