Definition of compel

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Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

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Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..
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..
Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful..
Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.
Incoacted :: Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained.
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Incoercible :: Incoercible (a.) Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..
Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
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..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Compelled :: Compelled (imp. & p. p.) of Compe.
Convincingly :: Convincingly (adv.) in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.
Coact :: Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
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