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To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

Inclining forward or toward. South.

To hasten, or press forward. [Obs.]

To propose; to bring forward.

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. "Such prosiliency of relief." Coleridge.

class, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.

The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state. Locke. Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life Tillotson.

The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.

Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.

The act of looking forward.

ssessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.

To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke.

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. E. Darwin.

Carried forward; advanced. [Obs.] "Provect in years." Sir T. Flyot.

A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to Ant: suction or Ant: traction. [R.]

To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]