Impelling

  • 21impulsion — noun a) The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse. b) Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the… …

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  • 22Subsistit in — (subsists in) is a Latin phrase, which appears in the eighth paragraph of Lumen Gentium,[1] a landmark document of the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church: This Church constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the …

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  • 23compelling — adj: that compels: tending to demand action or to convince a compelling need for disclosure a compelling argument Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. compelling …

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  • 24moving — I (evoking emotion) adjective absorbing, affecting, agitating, animating, arousing, arresting, astonishing, awakening, breathtaking, captivating, charming, dramatic, electrifying, enchanting, encouraging, evocative, exciting, excitive, expressive …

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  • 25compulsion — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, alienation, amperage, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, armipotence, authority, beef, black power, brute force, catatonic stupor, charge, charisma, clout, coercion, cogence,… …

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  • 26impulse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. thrust, push (see impulse); impromptu, improvisation (See unpreparedness). II Forward thrust Nouns 1. impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum; push, thrust, shove, jog, nudge, prod, jolt, brunt,… …

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  • 27Impulse — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impulse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impulse impulse impulsion impetus Sgm: N 1 momentum momentum Sgm: N 1 push push pulsion thrust shove jog jolt …

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  • 28motive — {{11}}motive (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. motif moving or directly from M.L. motivus moving, impelling, from pp. stem of movere to move (see MOVE (Cf. move) (v.)). {{12}}motive (n.) mid 14c., something brought forward, from O.Fr. motif will,… …

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  • 29drive — [[t]draɪv[/t]] v. drove, driv•en, driv•ing, n. 1) to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies[/ex] 2) to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a… …

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  • 30impulse — im•pulse [[t]ˈɪm pʌls[/t]] n. 1) the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: a generous impulse[/ex] 2) sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action: swayed by impulse[/ex] 3) an instance of this: an impulse to cry[/ex] 4)… …

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