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Definition
cause to move forward (to push or encourage)
- But with my newly and dearly bought assurance I could give myself up to the rhythms and let them propel me where they willed.p. 257.0
- I made out his shadow in the near gloom and was about to jump out and run to him when I noticed that he was being propelled by the small woman I had seen earlier and a man.p. 236.4
- It leaped not only forward but left as well, and with a few angry spurts propelled itself onto the side of the car just pulling off.p. 239.5
There are no more uses of "propel" in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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