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Com*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compelling.] [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.] 1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
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Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam.
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And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21.
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2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.]
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Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance.
Shak.
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3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
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Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden.
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I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson.
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4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]In one troop compelled.” Dryden.
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5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman.
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She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.

Syn. -- To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce.
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Com*pel" (?), v. i. To make one yield or submit.If she can not entreat, I can compel.” Shak.
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