Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to propel
Participle: propeled; propelled
Gerund: propeling; propelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | propel |
| you | propel |
| he;she;it | propels |
| we | propel |
| you | propel |
| they | propel |
Perfect
| I | have propeled; propelled |
| you | have propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | has propeled; propelled |
| we | have propeled; propelled |
| you | have propeled; propelled |
| they | have propeled; propelled |
Past
| I | propeled; propelled |
| you | propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | propeled; propelled |
| we | propeled; propelled |
| you | propeled; propelled |
| they | propeled; propelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had propeled; propelled |
| you | had propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | had propeled; propelled |
| we | had propeled; propelled |
| you | had propeled; propelled |
| they | had propeled; propelled |
Future
| I | will propel |
| you | will propel |
| he;she;it | will propel |
| we | will propel |
| you | will propel |
| they | will propel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have propeled; propelled |
| you | will have propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | will have propeled; propelled |
| we | will have propeled; propelled |
| you | will have propeled; propelled |
| they | will have propeled; propelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | propel |
| you | propel |
| he;she;it | propel |
| we | propel |
| you | propel |
| they | propel |
Perfect
| I | have propeled; propelled |
| you | have propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | have propeled; propelled |
| we | have propeled; propelled |
| you | have propeled; propelled |
| they | have propeled; propelled |
Imperfect
| I | propeled; propelled |
| you | propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | propeled; propelled |
| we | propeled; propelled |
| you | propeled; propelled |
| they | propeled; propelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had propeled; propelled |
| you | had propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | had propeled; propelled |
| we | had propeled; propelled |
| you | had propeled; propelled |
| they | had propeled; propelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would propel |
| you | would propel |
| he;she;it | would propel |
| we | would propel |
| you | would propel |
| they | would propel |
Perfect
| I | would have propeled; propelled |
| you | would have propeled; propelled |
| he;she;it | would have propeled; propelled |
| we | would have propeled; propelled |
| you | would have propeled; propelled |
| they | would have propeled; propelled |
Imperative
| you | propel |
| we | Let's propel |
| you | propel |
Verbs conjugated like 'propel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'propel'
grope,
grovel,
pope,
precel,
probe,
proem,
profer,
proke,
proll,
prop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- move
- launch, force, start, drive, urge, press
- catapult
- eject, project, discharge, shoot, zap, hurl, toss, sling
Antonyms
- move
- halt, fix, arrest, cease
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1440, "to drive away, expel," from L.
propellere "push forward," from
pro- "forward" +
pellere "to push, drive." Meaning "to drive onward, cause to move forward" is from 1658.
Propellant "fuel for a rocket engine" is from 1919.
Propeller in mechanical sense is first attested 1809, of ships; of flying machines (in a broad, theoretical sense) 1842, in the specific modern sense 1853; shortened form
prop is recorded from 1914.
2. From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, to move”). See: Latin '
propellō'.
Sample Sentences
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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. [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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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. [1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:]
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Primary mass relays can propel ships thousands of light years, often from one spiral arm of the galaxy to another. [2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Mass Relays Codex entry:]
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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, [2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 265e:]
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Black women helped propel Harris and president-elect Joe Biden to victory by elevating turnout in places like Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia. [2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post:]