Both Uses
impel
in
Epistle II of An Essay On Man
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- Most strength the moving principle requires;
Active its task, it prompts, impels, inspires.†* - Yes, Nature's road must ever be preferred;
Reason is here no guide, but still a guard:
'Tis hers to rectify, not overthrow,
And treat this passion more as friend than foe:
A mightier power the strong direction sends,
And several men impels to several ends:
Like varying winds, by other passions tossed,
This drives them constant to a certain coast.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(impel) to make someone feel they must do something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)