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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

Compelled :: Compelled (imp. & p. p.) of Compe.

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

Quarantine :: Quarantine (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine..

Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..

Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader..

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

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..

Enforced :: Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.

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

Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

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

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

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

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..

Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

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

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..

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

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