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1. (v.t.) compel
to force or drive, esp. to a course of action:
His unruliness compels us to dismiss him.
2. compel
to secure or bring about by force or power:
to compel obedience.
3. compel
Archaic. to drive together; unite by force; herd.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < AF, OF compellir&indirdesc; L compellere to crowd, force <com-+pellere to push, drive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) compel, oblige, obligate
force somebody to do something
"We compel all students to fill out this form"
2. (verb) compel
necessitate or exact
"the water shortage compels conservation"
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1. (verb) compel
to force sb to do sth
to feel compelled to tell him
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| Definition of 'Compel' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Compel
to drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force
2. (verb) Compel
to take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort
3. (verb) Compel
to force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate
4. (verb) Compel
to gather or unite in a crowd or company
5. (verb) Compel
to call forth; to summon
6. (verb) Compel
to make one yield or submit
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Sense: to force
They compelled me to betray my country.
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 Afrikaans: dwing, noodsaak, verplig |
 Arabic: يُجبر، يُرغم |
 Bulgarian: заставям |
 Brazilian: obrigar |
 Czech: (při)nutit |
 German: zwingen |
 Danish: tvinge |
 Greek: εξαναγκάζω |
 Spanish: obligar, forzar |
 Estonian: sundima |
 Farsi: مجبور کردن |
 Finnish: pakottaa |
 French: contraindre |
 Hebrew: לְהַכרִיח |
 Hindi: विवश करना |
 Croatian: prisiliti, iznuditi |
 Hungarian: kényszerít |
 Indonesian: memaksa |
 Icelandic: neyða |
 Italian: costringere |
 Japanese: しいて～させる |
 Korean: 억지로 하게하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pri)versti |
 Latvian: piespiest; pakļaut |
 Malay: memaksa |
 Dutch: dwingen |
 Norwegian: tvinge |
 Polish: zmuszać |
 Persian: مجبور کردن |
 Pashto: مجبور ول، كار كولو ته اړو |
 Portuguese: obrigar |
 Romanian: a sili |
 Russian: заставлять |
 Slovak: prinútiť |
 Slovenian: (pri)siliti |
 Serbian: primorati |
 Swedish: tvinga |
 Thai: บังคับ |
 Turkish: zorlamak, mecbur etmek |
 Taiwanese: 逼迫 |
 Ukrainian: примушувати |
 Urdu: مجبور کرنا ،زبردستی کام ل |
 Vietnamese: ép buộc |
 Chinese: 强迫 |
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