All 3 Uses
propel
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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- 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. 236.4propelled = caused something to move forward
- 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
- 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. 257.1 *propel = to cause something to move forward
Definitions:
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(1)
(propel) cause to move forward (to push or encourage)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)