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Impetus

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Impetus' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Impetus crossword clue was last seen on November 19 2022 in the popular New York Times Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%DRIVERImpetusNew York Times
20%EGOImpetus behind braggingNew York Times
20%OVERBITEImpetus for bracesUniversal
20%BETImpetus for Fogg's journeyNewsday
20%REGRETApology impetusWall Street Journal

Definition

• One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
• The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.
• An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
• A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
• The driving wheel of a locomotive.
• An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.
• A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
• The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.

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