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Subjugation :: Subjugate (v. t.) To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish..

Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river..

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

Thirlage :: Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding..

Coact :: Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.

Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.

Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..

Compelling :: Compelling (p. pr. & vb. n) of Compe.

Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader..

Convincingly :: Convincingly (adv.) in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.

Corner :: Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock..

Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure..

Distress :: Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.

Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..

Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..

Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room..

Enforced :: Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.

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