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compel
v. t. [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.]1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. ()
Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. (Hallam.)
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. (Mark xv. 21.)
2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. ()
Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance. (Shak.)
3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. ()
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. (Dryden.)
I compel all creatures to my will. (Tennyson.)
4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. (Dryden.)
5. To call forth; to summon. (Chapman.)
She had this knight from far compelled. (Spenser.)
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v. i. To make one yield or submit. (Shak.)


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