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Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.

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  1. a. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.
  2. adj. having the power to propel
  3. adj. tending to or capable of propelling
  4. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. "[The] propulsive movement of the verse." Coleridge.
  5. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. "[The]propulsive movement of the verse." Coleridge.
  6. j:100 a. having the power to propel