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"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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"(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward."
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"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",
"word": "бутам"
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"roman": "tlaskam",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "тласкам"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "推進"
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"roman": "tuījìn",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "推进"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "hnát"
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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",
"word": "propulsi"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "liikuttaa"
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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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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulser"
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"lang": "French",
"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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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propellere"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "whakaneke"
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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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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
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"roman": "dvígatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "дви́гать"
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"roman": "prodvigátʹ",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "spàrr"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
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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,",
"type": "quotation"
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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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"(transitive, figurative) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result."
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xtʿanel",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "խթանել"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "движа"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "驅使"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qūshǐ",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "驱使"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "迫使"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "hnát"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "johdattaa"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "catapulter"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "catapultare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "spingere"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "cuir air adhart"
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"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "propulsar"
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"(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward."
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"(transitive, figurative) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result."
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aṙaǰ mġel",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "առաջ մղել"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "butam",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "бутам"
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"roman": "tlaskam",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "тласкам"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "推進"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuījìn",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "推进"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "hnát"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"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"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "kuljettaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "työntää"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulser"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "catapulter"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "antreiben"
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "movar"
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{
"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",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "whakawhana"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvígatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "дви́гать"
},
{
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"roman": "prodvigátʹ",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "продвига́ть"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "spàrr"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "propulsar"
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"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to cause to move in a certain direction",
"word": "kärsk-"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xtʿanel",
"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",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "驅使"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qūshǐ",
"sense": "to make to arrive to a certain situation or result",
"word": "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": "impulsar"
}
],
"word": "propel"
}
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