compel
Significado (Inglés)
- To drive together, round up
- To overpower; to subdue.
- To force, constrain or coerce.
- To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
- (obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
- (obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
- (obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
Sinónimos
require
impose upon
give an order
treat cruelly
push into
coene
act against
compel to go
try to compel
use compulsion to
make something curved
persuade or bend
catch up with
Frecuencia
Con guión como
com‧pel
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/kəmˈpɛl/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English nīedan.
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