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English to English adjective
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Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus |  | Example: an impulsive gesture of affection
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without forethought |  | Example: letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted
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having the power of driving or impelling |  | Example: a driving personal ambition the driving force was his innate enthusiasm an impulsive force
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |  | Example: a capricious refusal authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious the victim of whimsical persecutions
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characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |  | Example: a hotheaded decision liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers an impetuous display of spending and gambling madcap escapades
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noun
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That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. |  | source: webster1913
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