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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..

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..

Adact :: Adact (v. t.) To compel; to drive.

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..

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

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

Compel :: Compel (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.

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..

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

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..

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

Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..

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

Pulsive :: Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.

Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

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

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..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

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