Definition of compel

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

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Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
Force :: Force (n.) To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate..
Efforce :: Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Adact :: Adact (v. t.) To compel; to drive.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights..
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..
Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Compellative :: Compellative (n.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
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