Literary notes about Impellent (AI summary)
In literature, impellent is used to convey a dynamic, driving force—whether in the physical or mental realm—that initiates action or emotion. Authors employ the term to evoke an underlying energy, as when a smile is described as hinting at a deeper, impellent thought [1] or when a character appears to be guided by some subtle, impellent force [2]. The word also captures intense physical energy and animalistic vitality, framing characters as markedly dynamic or impulsive [3, 4, 5, 6]. Moreover, impellent is sometimes extended to the realm of ideas, suggesting that thoughts inherently carry the energy necessary to bring about their realization [7, 8, 9]. Even in more formal or historical contexts, it functions as an attributive adjective, qualifying those who drive events or movements [10, 11].
- Cleve, noting the smile, divined something of the 166 impellent thought behind that smile, and he grew uneasy.
— from The Pagan Madonna by Harold MacGrath - She seemed to sway, gently, almost imperceptibly, from side to side—as though she waited for some sign or impellent force to guide her.
— from The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull - She was a vivid creature, with impellent animal life and temperament linked, apparently, to a rather silly, feminine brain.
— from The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco by Gelett Burgess - Mrs. Page was at her sprightly best, impellent, a gorgeous animal.
— from The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco by Gelett Burgess - driving , a. violent , forcible ; impelling, impellent, propulsive, impulsive .
— from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming - What impellent was driving him toward these introspections?
— from The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath - This conception of thought as impellent—that is to say, as impelling bodily activity—is of absolutely fundamental importance.
— from Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton - Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization.
— from Power of Mental ImageryBeing the Fifth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on theApplications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal andBusiness Efficiency by Warren Hilton - Impellent Energy of Thought Note this general law: The idea of any bodily action tends to produce the action.
— from Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton - 3. impellentēs : nominative agreeing with Karthāginiēnsēs and governing Sardiniēnsēs .
— from Eutropius by active 4th century Eutropius - Karthāginiēnsēs tamen bellum reparāre temptābant, Sardiniēnsēs, quī ex condiciōne pācis Rōmānīs pārēre dēbēbant, ad rebellandum [59] impellentēs.
— from Eutropius by active 4th century Eutropius
