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Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..

Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.

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..

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

Distress :: Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.

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..

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

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

Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..

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..

Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.

Make :: Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

Incoacted :: Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained.

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

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

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.

Press :: Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment..

Incoercible :: Incoercible (a.) Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.

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..

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