Impulsion

Definitions

1. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
   countable, uncountable
2. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“I wrought like⟳ a fiend, for I expected every moment to be swamped; and since I found I could not push⟳ the coracle directly off, I now shoved straight astern. At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour, and just as I gave the last⟳ impulsion, my hands came across a light⟳ cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks.”

“Farther, Chrisostome upon this place⟳ saith, that Paule when he thus writeth, doth in no wise denie the nature of the flesh, but exalteth it to a more higher dignitie, namelie, that it should rather obaie the impulsion of the spirite, than lust.”

“Once they sit⟳ to talk⟳, the Pilgrims lose⟳ the impulsion that has brought them so far, their confidence in their own⟳ crude strength.”

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