An impellent power. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an impellent power; an impellent cause. From Dictionary.com.
Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization. From Wordnik.com. [Power of Mental Imagery Being the Fifth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency] Reference
This conception of thought as impellent -- that is to say, as impelling bodily activity -- is of absolutely fundamental importance. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency] Reference
She seemed to sway, gently, almost imperceptibly, from side to side -- as though she waited for some sign or impellent force to guide her. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Death is unconscious; but unconsciousness is no attribute of a mental state that is living and impellent and constantly manifests its active energy and power in the maintenance of the vital functions of the body. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
What impellent was driving him toward these introspections?. From Wordnik.com. [The Drums of Jeopardy] Reference
Cleve, noting the smile, divined something of the impellent thought behind that smile, and he grew uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [The Pagan Madonna] Reference
It may affect the primary, substantial reason or motive of the grant, or constitute merely a secondary or impellent cause of the concession. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Becoming a good writer is a painful work and not every man is able to master it and more importantly, continue toiling in this impellent sphere. From Wordnik.com. [Goa Blog] Reference
Whether it’d be culturally condoned or not, poligamy is wrong; female circumcision is wrong; the general opression of women and the impellent force to have them be subservient to men are wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Feminism, Multiculturalism, and Teacherly Moments] Reference
Of the impellent energies he wields. From Wordnik.com. [Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly]
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