cause to move forward with force
"Steam propels this ship"
give an incentive for action
"This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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propel
The passions act as winds to propel our vessel, our reason is the pilot that steers her; without the winds she would not move, without the pilot she would be lost. [ F. Schultz ]
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