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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Propel \Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propelled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Propelling.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward +
     pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating.]
     To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move,
     or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls
     are propelled by gunpowder.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Propel \Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propelled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Propelling.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward +
     pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating.]
     To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move,
     or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls
     are propelled by gunpowder.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  propel
       v 1: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
            [syn: impel]
       2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my
          career" [syn: motivate, actuate, move, prompt, incite]
       [also: propelling, propelled]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) κινώ, προκαλώ τη αλλαγή της θέσης ενός πράγματος προς μια
  συγκεκριμένη κατεύθυνση
     2 (μτφρ) προωθώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical
  action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To provide an impetus for
  non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or
  result.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical
  action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To provide an impetus for
  non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or
  result.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical
  action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To provide an impetus for
  non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or
  result.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical
  action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To provide an impetus for
  non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or
  result.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     Englanti vb.
     liikuttaa, kuljettaa, työntää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  propel
     Danska n.
     (tagg kat=fordonsteknik språk=da) propeller

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Propel /pɹəpˈɛl/
  إدفع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  propel //pɹəˈpɛl// 
  1. бутам, тласкам
  to cause to move in a certain direction
  2. движа, карам
  to make to arrive to a certain situation or result

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  propel /pɹəpˈɛl/
  pohánět

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  propel /pɹəpˈɛl/
  hnát
           Note: kupředu

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  propel /pɹəpˈɛl/ 
  antreiben, treiben, vorwärtstreiben 
   see: propelling, propelled, propels, propelled
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  propel //pɹəˈpɛl// 
  1. kuljettaa, liikuttaa, työntää
  to cause to move in a certain direction
  2. aiheuttaa, johdattaa
  to make to arrive to a certain situation or result

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  propel /pɹəpˈɛl/ 
  1. नोदन करना
        "The propelled helicopter would be take off from the ground."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  propel /pɹəpˈɛl/
  dati poticaj, množiti se, tjerati naprijed

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  propel /prəˈpel/ 
   1.  wyrzucać
   2.  popychać

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  propel /pɹəpˈɛl/
  1. (-led, -ling) ileriye doğru sürmek
  2. itmek, sevketmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/pɹəˈpɛɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "propel":
     actuate, advance, animate, bowl, bunt, butt, compel, drive,
     drive on, egg on, energize, exhort, force, forward, foster,
     galvanize, get moving, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, impel,
     incite, launch, mobilize, motivate, move, move to action, nudge,
     pedal, pole, power, prick, prod, promote, prompt, push,
     put in motion, roll, row, send, set agoing, set going,
     set in motion, shove, shunt, spark, spur, start, stimulate, sweep,
     sweep along, thrust, treadle, troll, trundle, whip on
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 推进,驱使;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 推进,驱使

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