give impulse

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Rousseff thanked Lula and promised dialogue and political reform to fight corruption and give impulse to economic growth.

From Washington Post

The rational will, which is the educated will, should give impulse and guidance to all our thinking, loving, and doing.

From Education and the Higher Life by Spalding, J. L.

Thus from all sides came potent influences of personal friendship—of his friends and associates more onward—to give impulse and momentum to Crashaw's mystical Roman-Catholic sympathies.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Deeds often repeated give impulse and direction to character, and these appear in the offspring as predispositions of body and mind.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

The extent to which the deliberations and utterances of this congress may regulate the development of society or give impulse to succeeding generations, it is impossible to estimate, but not unreasonable to anticipate.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various