Verb

(impell)

To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically).

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To drive forward; to propel an object.

Verb

(propos)

To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

To intend.

* 1859 , (John Gorham Palfrey), History of New England , Preface (Google preview):

I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.

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(obsolete) To talk; to converse.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :

HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

Proposing with the prince and Claudio

(obsolete) To set forth.

* 1616 , (George Chapman) (translator), Homer's Iliad , book 11:

. . . so weighty was the cup,

That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.