Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section I. Volition in General
1. Acts of Volition

612. Impulse.

   NOUN:IMPULSE, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt.
  IMPROVISOR, extemporizer, improvvisatore or improvisatore [It.]; creature of impulse.
   VERB:flash on the mind.
  IMPROVISE, extemporize; say what comes uppermost, say what comes first into one’s head; act on the spur of the moment, rise to the occasion; spurt.
   ADJECTIVE:EXTEMPORANEOUS, impulsive, indeliberate [rare]; snap; improvised, improvisate, improviso, improvisatory; unpremediated; unmeditated, improvisatorial, improvisatory, improvisé [F.]; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; spontaneous (voluntary) [See Will]; instinctive [See Necessity].
   ADVERB:EXTEMPORE, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a l’improviste [F.]; on the spur of the -moment, – occasion.
   QUOTATION:To its own impulse every creature stirs.—Arnold