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propel

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
propel/prəˈpel/

▶verb (propels, propelling, propelled) drive or push forwards.

■ drive into a particular situation.

– origin ME: from L. propellere, from pro- ‘forward’ + pellere ‘to drive’.

'propel' also found in these Oxford entries:

bargepole - bowl - bowls - carry - cart - chest - drive - ejection seat - fillip - fire - flick - hit - kick - leg - motorize - oar - paddle - pole - pro- - propellant - row - sail - scull - send - slice - speargun - swim - throw - trench mortar - zip

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