different between impel vs dragoon
impel
English
Etymology
From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impell?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?m?p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
impel (third-person singular simple present impels, present participle impelling, simple past and past participle impelled)
- (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
- Antonym: (to compel or drive extrinsically) propel
- (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
- Synonym: propel
Antonyms
- expel
Related terms
- impellent
- impeller
- impetus
- impulse
Translations
References
- impel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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dragoon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French dragon. Doublet of Draco and dragon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d????u?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Noun
dragoon (plural dragoons)
- (military) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
- 1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience
- If you want a receipt for that popular mystery,
Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon -
Take all the remarkable people in history,
Rattle them off to a popular tune!
- If you want a receipt for that popular mystery,
- His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; […].
- 1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience
- A carrier of a dragon musket.
- A variety of pigeon.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Clarke to this entry?)
Coordinate terms
Translations
Further reading
- dragoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
dragoon (third-person singular simple present dragoons, present participle dragooning, simple past and past participle dragooned)
- (transitive) To force (someone) into doing something; to coerce.
- Synonym: compel
- (transitive) To surrender (a person) to the fury of soldiers.
Related terms
- dragooner
Translations
Anagrams
- gadroon
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