インペル

Meanings

1

noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Rare, technical, or literary loanword used in formal or academic contexts to mean strongly driving someone to act. In everyday Japanese, 駆り立てる or 促す are more common.

その哲てつ学がく者しゃの言こと葉ばが彼かれを行こう動どうへとインペルした。
The philosopher's words impelled him to action.

駆かり立たてる
Common Japanese verb meaning 'to drive' or 'to spur on'; much more natural in everyday speech than インペル.
促うながす
Common verb meaning 'to urge' or 'to prompt'; less forceful than インペル and used in ordinary situations.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'impel', ultimately from Latin 'impellere'.