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Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.

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.

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..

Compellation :: Compellation (n.) Style of address or salutation; an appellation.

Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Compellative :: Compellative (n.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

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

Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..

Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.

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

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..

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

Rustication :: Rustication (n.) The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time..

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

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

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

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

Make :: Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

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