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Latin
Etymology
From per- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
perpellō (present infinitive perpellere, perfect active perpulī, supine perpulsum); third conjugation
- to strike or push violently
- (figuratively) to drive, urge, force, enforce, constrain, compel
- Synonyms: cieo, molior, ago, excito, impellō, cōgō, concieō, impingō, compellō, subigō
- to prevail upon; influence
- Synonyms: persuādeō, convincō, moveō, trahō, flectō, admoneō, afficiō, īnfluō
Conjugation
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References
- “perpello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perpello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perpello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.