impulse

Roget-categorie 612

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#612. Impulse

zelfstandig naamwoord

impulse, sudden thought — impromptu, improvisation — inspiration, flash, spurt.
improvisatore^† — creature of impulse.

werkwoord

flash on the mind.
say what comes uppermost — improvise, extemporize.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate^† — snap — improvised, improvisate^†, improvisatory^† — unpremeditated, unmeditated — improvise — unprompted, unguided — natural, unguarded — spontaneous etc. (voluntary) 600 — instinctive etc. 601.

bijwoord

extempore, extemporaneously — offhand, impromptu, a limproviste [Fr.] — improviso^† — on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion.

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