Usually means: Drives, motivates, or urges forward.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word IMPELS:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. impels: Merriam-Webster
  2. impels: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. impels: Collins English Dictionary
  4. impels: Vocabulary.com
  5. Impels, impels: Wordnik
  6. impels: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. impels: Wiktionary
  8. impels: Dictionary.com
  9. impels: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. impels: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impels: Legal dictionary

(Note: See impel as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (impel)

verb:  (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
verb:  (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
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