- noun
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- thing that encourages a process to develop more quickly [Barron]
More word meanings for impetus
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- Wiktionary:
- impetus @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- impetus @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- impetus @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- impetus @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- impetus @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- impetus @ Answers.com
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