Propel

pro-peK, v. t. [-pelled (-pel dO, -felling.] To drive forward, urge or pre onward by force. — Propeller, n. One who, or that which, propels; esp. a contrivance for propelling a steamboat, consisting of a revolving screw placed in the stern; steamboat thus propelled: see Screw-propeller. — Propul's ion, -shun, n. Act of, etc.