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pro•pel
Pronunciation: (pru-pel'), [key]—
v.t., -pelled, -pel•ling.
1. to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
to propel a boat by rowing.
2. to impel or urge onward:
Urgent need of money propelled him to take a job. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.