Definition of compel

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

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Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights..
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..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..
Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Compulsion :: Compulsion (n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force..
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..
Compelling :: Compelling (p. pr. & vb. n) of Compe.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..
Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
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..
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..
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience..
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..
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..
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