Definition of compel

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

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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..
Compelled :: Compelled (imp. & p. p.) of Compe.
Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience..
Quarantine :: Quarantine (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine..
Compel :: Compel (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.
Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Press :: Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment..
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..
Coact :: Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.
Necessitate :: Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Force :: Force (n.) To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon..
Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..
Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..
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