pro·pel [pruh-pel]
verb (used with object), pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling.
1. to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
2. to impel or urge onward: Urgent need of money propelled him to take a job.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English propellen to expel < Latin prōpellere to drive forward, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + pellere to drive
By the way.. Merry Christmas!!