Definition of compel

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Compel (v. t.) To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force..

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Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Violence :: Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel..
Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
Pulsive :: Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.
Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..
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..
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.
Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader..
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
Compel :: Compel (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..
Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.
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