compel
- (archaic, literally, transitive) To drive together, round up.
- (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
- (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
- (transitive) To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).
- (transitive) To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).
- (transitive) 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.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəmˈpɛl/
Etymology
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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obligar
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costringere
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