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Compel

Compel Meaning & Definition
Compel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Compel?

[v] make someone do something
[v] force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Compel: command | obligate | oblige | require

Related Terms | Find terms related to Compel: actuate | animate | beat down | beset | bind | break | browbeat | bulldoze | bully | castrate | cause | cause to | clamp down on | coerce | concuss | constrain | cow | daunt | despotize | dictate | domineer | domineer over | drive | drive on | energize | enforce | enslave | force | forward | foster | galvanize | give an impetus | give momentum | goad | grind | grind down | grip | have | henpeck | hold | impel | incite | infatuate | insist upon | intimidate | keep down | keep under | lord it over | make | motivate | move | move to action | necessitate | not let go | oblige | obsess | oppress | overawe | overbear | overmaster | override | possess | power | preoccupy | press heavy on | promote | propel | put in motion | repress | restrain | ride over | ride roughshod over | set agoing | set going | set in motion | shotgun | spark | stimulate | subjugate | suppress | terrorize | thrust | tie | trample down | trample upon | tread down | tread upon | tyrannize | tyrannize over | unman | use force upon | walk all over | walk over | weigh heavy on | whip on

See Also | act | apply | burden | cause | charge | clamor | coerce | condemn | disallow | enforce | enjoin | forbid | force | get | hale | have | implement | induce | interdict | make | move | order | pressure | prohibit | proscribe | requisition | saddle | say | shame | stimulate | tell | thrust | veto | walk

Compel In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compelled}; p. pr. & vb. n {Compelling}.] [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See {Pulse}.] 1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. --Hallam. And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. --Mark xv. 21. 2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.] Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance. --Shak. 3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. --Tennyson. 4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] ``In one troop compelled.'' --Dryden. 5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser. Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See {Coerce}.
\Com*pel"\, v. i. To make one yield or submit. ``If she can not entreat, I can compel.'' --Shak.

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