Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Impel

Impel , transitive verb

[Latin impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See Pulse a beat, and compare Impulse.]

To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. — Pope