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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..

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..

Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.

Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights..

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..

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

Coact :: Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.

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

Press :: Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment..

Enforced :: Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.

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

Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..

Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Compelling :: Compelling (p. pr. & vb. n) of Compe.

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

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