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Compellation :: Compellation (n.) Style of address or salutation; an appellation.

Compulsion :: Compulsion (n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force..

Giantship :: Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant..

Violence :: Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel..

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

Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

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.

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

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

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..

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

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure..

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..

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..

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

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.

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

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

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