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adj. - Urged or forced to action through moral pressure.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Felt impelled to take a stand against the issue
  • AFTER a long interval, I am again impelled by the restless spirit within me to continue my narration; but I must alter the mode which I have hitherto adopted.
  • Yet, when she rose from the table, an urgent desire to keep him within call impelled her to pause.
  • She had come in all haste, impelled by some vague hope.
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