To thrust diolently: to driue sorwarde: to insorce: to per. sunde instantly: to plucke doiune. Nullo impellente fallebant. Cic. They deceiued no man etciting or persuading them. Impellere atque hortari. Cic. To perswade and encourage. Impelli atque mcendi ad aliquid saciendum. Ci. To be perfwaded and incÊsed. Disputatio impulit vt ita crederem. Cic. Reasoning perswaded me to beleene it. Indomitæ animi cupiditates ad hoc scelus impulerunt. Cic. His dnruly affections moued or forced him to, &c. Ad nullam rem vnquam impelletur. Cic. Impellere seruum ad acculaudum dominum. Ci. To enforce or streine the seruaut. Ad sacmus non videtut hominem illum impulsuta vtilitas. Cic. It seemed not that prosit would mone him, &c. Ad iniuriam saciendam animum alicuius impellere. Cic. Ad irain impellere. Hor. To moue or stirre to anget. Ad quoduis malesicium hominem impellit auaritia. Author ad Heren. Couetousnes moueth or ensorceth. Impelli in siaudem. Cic. To be perswaded to a thing, % will turne to his hurte. Impelli in fugam. Cicero. To be put to flight: to be discomsited. Eum dij immortales in eam mentem impulerant. Cic. God in beauen did put him in that minde. Quæ te causa in sermonÊ impulisset. Ci. What cause would haue moued you to speake it. Impellere in spem. Cic. To put in hope. In spem certissimam Consulatus. Cic. Animos in spem merumque. Liu. Nacura impellimur, vt prodesse velimus quamplurimis. Ci. We are moued by very nature, to desire to prosite many. Impetus animorum impellere, & reslectere, contraria. Cic. Sensus impellere. Lucr. To moue the sensea. Impellere voluntatem quo velis, & vnde velis deducere, concraria Cic. Impellere plaustrum, vel pecus in terram Cato. To put his ploughe or cattle into any grounde, either to laboure or to seede. Impellere. Vir. To thrust violently. Conuetsa cuspide montem impulit in latus. Vir. Impellere mores. Pli. To ouerthrow or subuert honest behauiottre. Immenso Achaicæ victoriæ momento ad impellendos mores, Plin. Impellere mugitibus auras. Ouid. To moue the ayre with lowde crying. Impellere. Liu. To driue backe. Impulsa srons prima, & trepidatio subsidijs illata. Liu.

A vehement motion or perswasiod: an inforcing. Non alieno impulsu, sed sua spõte mouetur. Ci. Not by any other mans perlwasion. Hæc bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo. Ci. Of his owne meere motion. Impulsu osecisset. Cic. He would haue done it by your perswasion or instigation. Impulsu vestro loquor. Cic. By your inciting I speake. Impulsu Pisonis Consulis. Cic. By the incensing of. Impulsus scutorum. Cic. The thrnsting of targates. Impulsu primo. Cic. At the first motion.

I. Lit.

A. In gen. (mostly poet.): cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus, Verg. A. 1, 82: vocales impellere pollice chordas, to strike, Tib. 2, 5, 3; cf. Ov. M. 10, 145: aequora remis, id. ib. 3, 657; cf.: infidum remis marmor, Verg. G. 1, 254: impellunt animae lintea Thraciae, swell, Hor. C. 4, 12, 2: auras mugitibus, Ov. M. 3, 21; cf.: maternas aures Luctus, Verg. G. 4, 349: sensus, Lucr. 1, 303: colles canoris plausibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 175: cui patuere Alpes saxa impellentia caelum, Sil. 11, 217: cum fretum non impulit Ister, does not strike, i. e. does not empty into, Luc. 5, 437: impulsum ab eo dextri pedis pollice, Suet. Calig. 57: subitus antennas impulit ignis, Juv. 12, 19.—

B. In partic., with the access. idea of motion, to drive forward, set in motion, urge on, impel (class.): biremes subjectis scutulis impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4: (navem) triplici versu (remorum), Verg. A. 5, 119: puppim remis velisque, Sil. 1, 568: ratem (levis aura), Ov. M. 15, 697: currum, Val. Fl. 6, 6: equum calce, Sil. 7, 697; cf.: cornipedem planta, id. 2, 71: Zephyris primum impellentibus undas, Verg. G. 4, 305: fluctus (ventus), Petr. 114: aequor velis, Tac. A. 2, 23: praemissus eques postremos ac latera impulit, id. ib. 2, 17: utque impulit arma, i. e. brandished, flourished, Verg. A. 8, 3: remos, id. ib. 4, 594: sagittam nervo, to shoot, discharge, Ov. M. 11, 325: semen vehementius urinam impellit, drives down, promotes the discharge of, Plin. 24, 19, 118, 180: praecipitantem igitur impellamus et perditum prosternamus, give a push to, Cic. Clu. 26, 70; Tac. A. 4, 22: procumbunt orni, nodosa impellitur ilex, is overthrown, thrown down, Luc. 3, 440: impulit aciem, forced to give way, broke, Liv. 9, 40, 9; cf.: hostem primo impetu impulit, id. 9, 27, 9: impulsis hostibus castra cepit, Vell. 2, 70, 1: impulit Vitellianos modica caede, Tac. H. 3, 16: quem (hostem) si inpellere maturasset, id. ib. 4, 34; 78 al.— Designating the limit: in fugam atque in latebras impellere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: se in vulnus, Vell. 2, 70 fin.: inque meos ferrum flammasque Penates Impulit, Ov. M. 12, 552: ferrum capulo tenus, Sil. 9, 382: (Aufidus) in aequora fluctus, id. 7, 482; 14, 429: jamque diem ad metas defessis Phoebus Olympo Impellebat equis, id. 11, 270.

II. Trop.

A. To move to a thing; to impel, incite, urge; esp., to instigate, stimulate, persuade (the predom. signif. in good prose); constr. usu. with aliquem in or ad aliquid and ut; less freq. with a terminal adverb, the inf., the simple acc., or absol.

(a). Aliquem in aliquid: nisi eum di immortales in eam mentem impulissent, ut, etc., Cic. Mil. 33, 89: hic in fraudem homines impulit, id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Lael. 24, 89; and: in fraudem impulsus, id. Deiot. 12, 32: in sermonem, id. de Or. 2, 89, 363: in plurimas animum audientium species impellere, Quint. 12, 10, 43.—

(b). Aliquem ad aliquid (so most freq.): ad quam quemque artem putabat esse aptum, ad eam impellere atque hortari solebat, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126: ad veterum annalium memoriam comprehendendam impulsi atque incensi, id. Brut. 5, 19: facile ad credendum, id. Rep. 2, 10: aliquos ad omne facinus, id. ib. 6, 1: ad maleficium, Auct. Her. 2, 21, 34: ad injuriam faciendam, Cic. Fl. 34, 85: ad scelus, id. Rosc. Am. 14, 39: ad bellum, id. Sull. 13, 36: ad crudelitatem, Quint. 8, 3, 85: ad metum, cupiditatem, odium, conciliationem, id. 3, 8, 12 et saep.—

(g). With ut: quae causa nos impulerit, ut haec tam sero litteris mandaremus, Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 77: Germanos tam facile impelli, ut in Galliam venirent, Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166; id. Rep. 3, 2; id. Fin. 3, 20, 65; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51 et saep.—

(d). With a terminal adv.: dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur, Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: impulit huc animos, Luc. 8, 454: voluntates impellere quo velit, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30.—(e) With inf.: fuerunt quos pavor nando capessere fugam impulerit, Liv. 22, 6, 7: quae mens tam dira Impulit his cingi telis? Verg. A. 2, 520; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 10: quendam impulit servilem ei amorem obicere, id. ib. 14, 60; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14; Stat. Th. 10, 737; Just. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 4; 29, 4, 5.—(z) With the simple acc.: ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone, to arouse, address, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65; Val. Fl. 4, 486: cum praetor lictorem impellat, Juv. 3, 128: quis modo casus impulit hos, id. 15, 120: vernacula multitudo, lasciviae sueta, impellere ceterorum rudes animos, to instigate, stimulate, Tac. A. 1, 31 Ritter. (Nipperd. implere).—In pass.: (ut) qui audiunt aut impellantur aut reflectantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312: Bellovacos impulsos ab suis principibus ab Aeduis defecisse, Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3: vel iratum vel impulsum ab aliis, Quint. 11, 1, 71: hac fama impulsus Chremes ultro ad me venit, Ter. And. 1, 1, 72: impulsus irā ... Quibus iris impulsus, id. Hec. 3, 5, 35: furore atque amentia impulsus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4: hac impulsi occasione, id. ib. 7, 1, 3: Induciomari nuntiis impulsi, id. ib. 5, 26, 2: Cassandrae impulsus furiis, Verg. A. 10, 68 et saep.: quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus, Quint. 7, 1, 10: cum simul terra, simul mari bellum impelleretur, Tac. Agr. 25; cf.: impulsum bellum, Luc. 7, 5; 7, 330.—(h) Absol.: cui (daimoni/w|) sempel ipse paruerit, numquam impellenti, saepe revocanti, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122: qui nullo impellente fallebant, id. Fl. 8, 20: uno ictu frequenter impellunt (sententiae), Quint. 12, 10, 48.—

B. To overthrow, subdue, destroy (rare): praecipitantem igitur impellamus, et perditum prosternamus, Cic. Clu. 26, 70: miseri post fata Sychaei ... Solus hic (Aeneas) inflexit sensus animumque labantem Impulit, i. e. has completely subdued, Verg. A. 4, 23: impellere ruentem, to destroy completely, Tac. H. 2, 63 fin.: inpulsas Vitellii res audietis, id. ib. 3, 2: inmenso Achaicae victoriae momento ad impellendos mores, Plin. 33, 11, 53, 149: impulsum bellum, i. e. brought near to a close, Luc. 5, 330: impellens quidquid sibi, summa petenti, obstaret, id. 1, 149: tum leviter est temptatum, ... et nunc maximo temporum nostrorum auctore prope inpulsum, Quint. 3, 4, 2 Spald. N. cr.