Definition of compel

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

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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
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..
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power..
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..
Necessitate :: Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
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..
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
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.
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..
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..
Incoacted :: Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained.
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..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
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..
Compel :: Compel (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.
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