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   propel

   /prəˈpɛl/

   verb

   • 1. drive or push something forwards: "the boat is propelled by using a very long paddle" Similar push/move forwardsmoveset in motionget movingdrivethrowthrusttossflinghurlloblet flylaunchpitchprojectsendshootinformal:chuckslingbung
   • ▪ spur or drive into a particular situation: "fear propelled her out of her stillness" Similar spurdrivepromptprecipitatecatapultmotivateforceimpel

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘expel, drive out’): from Latin propellere, from pro- ‘forward’ + pellere ‘to drive’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

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