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Compelled :: Compelled (imp. & p. p.) of Compe.

Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights..

Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.

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..

Perforce :: Perforce (v. t.) To force; to compel.

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..

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

Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..

Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..

Compulsion :: Compulsion (n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force..

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

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..

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..

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

Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.

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

Press :: Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment..

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate..

Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.

Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..

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