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Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

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..

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..

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

Compellatory :: Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.

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

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

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.

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..

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate..

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

Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

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..

Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..

Stick :: Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat..

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