Definition of compel

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

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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..
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..
Pulsive :: Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.
Compel :: Compel (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation..
Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river..
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
Cogent :: Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful..
Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..
Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
Compellative :: Compellative (n.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader..
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..
Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience..
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