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Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room..

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..

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

Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.

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

Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..

Necessitate :: Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

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

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

Coact :: Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.

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

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..

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

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

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..

Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.

Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

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

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