See propel on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:",
"text": "When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.",
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"ref": "1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:",
"text": "This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine.",
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"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Mass Relays Codex entry:",
"text": "Primary mass relays can propel ships thousands of light years, often from one spiral arm of the galaxy to another.",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "առաջ մղել"
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"word": "бутам"
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"word": "тласкам"
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"roman": "tuījìn",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "推進 /推进"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "hnát"
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"word": "pohánět"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsi"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "liikuttaa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "kuljettaa"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "työntää"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulser"
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"word": "catapulter"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "antreiben"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
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"word": "movar"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propellere"
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"ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 265e:",
"text": "I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,",
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"ref": "2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post:",
"text": "Black women helped propel Harris and president-elect Joe Biden to victory by elevating turnout in places like Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.",
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "xtʻanel",
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"word": "խթանել"
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"word": "驅使 /驱使"
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"ref": "1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:",
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"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Mass Relays Codex entry:",
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"ref": "2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post:",
"text": "Black women helped propel Harris and president-elect Joe Biden to victory by elevating turnout in places like Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aṙaǰ mġel",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "առաջ մղել"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuījìn",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "推進 /推进"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "hnát"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "pohánět"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "liikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "kuljettaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "työntää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "catapulter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "antreiben"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "movar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propellere"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "prōpellō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "whakaneke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "tītoko"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "whakawhana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvígatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "дви́гать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prodvigátʹ",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "продвига́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "spàrr"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propeler"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "kärsk-"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xtʻanel",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "խթանել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "karam",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "карам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dviža",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "движа"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qūshǐ",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "驅使 /驱使"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pòshǐ",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "迫使"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "hnát"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "pohánět"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "johdattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "catapulter"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "catapultare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "spingere"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "cuir air adhart"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "propulsar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "propeler"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "impulsar"
}
],
"word": "propel"
}
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