Definition of compel

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Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

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Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..
Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..
Violence :: Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel..
Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
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..
Incoacted :: Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained.
Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience..
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..
Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
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