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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Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Perforce :: Perforce (v. t.) To force; to compel.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Incoercible :: Incoercible (a.) Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Distringas :: Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him..
Compellation :: Compellation (n.) Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
Violence :: Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel..
Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.
Pulsive :: Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.
Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..
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