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Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river..

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..

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..

Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.

Adact :: Adact (v. t.) To compel; to drive.

Pulsive :: Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.

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..

Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..

Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Convincingly :: Convincingly (adv.) in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.

Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful..

Compelling :: Compelling (p. pr. & vb. n) of Compe.

Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..

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..

Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power..

Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.

Corner :: Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock..

Subjugation :: Subjugate (v. t.) To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish..

Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

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