Definition of compel

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

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Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
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..
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..
Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Incoacted :: Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained.
Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..
Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure..
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..
Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
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..
Exact :: Exact (a.) To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful..
Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
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..
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