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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

Necessitate :: Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..

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

Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. t.) To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains..

Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..

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

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

Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

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..

Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful..

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away..

Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.

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