Definition of compel

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

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Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. t.) To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains..
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
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..
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..
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
Incoercible :: Incoercible (a.) Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.
Violence :: Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel..
Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..
Compelling :: Compelling (p. pr. & vb. n) of Compe.
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..
Compellative :: Compellative (n.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
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