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Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

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

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 compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.

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..

Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

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..

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

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..

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

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

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

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.

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

Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..

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..

Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..

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