Word: impelled
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: im
pelled
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of impel; urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Morphemes:
Affix: impel
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in
Affix: pellō
Language: la
Decoded: pello
Meaning: push, drive
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.