Associations to the word «Propel»

Wiktionary

PROPEL, verb. To cause to move in a certain direction.
PROPEL, verb. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.

Dictionary definition

PROPEL, verb. Cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship".
PROPEL, verb. Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope