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Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..

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..

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

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

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.

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

Necessitate :: Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

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..

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

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

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

Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader..

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