Definition of compel

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

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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.
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..
Perforce :: Perforce (v. t.) To force; to compel.
Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..
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.
Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
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..
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
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..
Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
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.
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..
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate..
Press :: Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..
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