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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• impel:
    1. I. To drive forward:
      1. 1. impello, pŭli, pulsum, 3: to i. a ship by oars, navem remis imp., Caes.: a light breeze i.s the ship, levis aura ratem imp., Ov.
      2. 2. urgeo, si, 2 (stronger than impello): each wave i.s its predecessor, urget unda priorem, Ov. M. 15, 182 (see the place): Virg.: v. to thrust.
    2. II. Fig.: to urge to a course:
      1. 1. impello, 3: to be i.'d by nature, to desire, natura impelli ut velimus ..., Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 65; v. to urge: to be i.'d and incited to anything, ad aliquid impelli et incendi, Cic. Br. 5., 19: to i. men to war, homines ad bellum imp., Cic. Sull. 13, 36: Join: [ad aliquid] impelli et incendi, Cic. Br. 5, 19.
      2. 2. incito, 1: to be i.'d by nature to do anything, ad aliquid natura incitari, Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66: Caes.: v. to incite, stimulate.
      3. 3. hortor, 1: many things i.'d the Gauls to adopt this course, multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur, Caes. B. G. 3, 18: Cic. Sext. 3., 7.