Definition of compel

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Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.

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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
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..
Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..
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..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Coact :: Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force..
Distress :: Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
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..
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