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   compel

   /kəmˈpɛl/

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   • 1. force or oblige (someone) to do something: "a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions" Similar forcecoerce intopressurize intopressureimpeldrivepresspushurgeprevail ondragoon intobrowbeat intobully intobludgeon intointimidate intoterrorize intoobligerequireput under an obligationleave someone no option but tomakeinformal:bulldozerailroadsteamrollertwist someone's armstrong-armlean onput the screws onarchaic:constrainexactextortdemandinsist onenforceforcenecessitatearchaic:constrain
   • ▪ bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure: "they may compel a witness's attendance at court by issue of a summons"
   • ▪ force to come or go in a particular direction: "by heav'n's high will compell'd from shore to shore"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin compellere, from com- ‘together’ + pellere ‘drive’.

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   What does it mean to compel someone to do something?

   • to force somebody to do something; to make something necessary compel somebody to do something The law can compel fathers to make regular payments for their children. I feel compelled to write and tell you how much I enjoyed your book. The court has powers to compel witnesses to attend.

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   What is the difference between compel and impel?

   • Compel means to constrain someone, in some way, to yield or to do what one wishes: to compel a recalcitrant debtor to pay; Fate compels us to face danger and trouble. Impel may mean literally to push forward, but is usually applied figuratively, meaning to provide a strong motive or incentive toward a certain end: Wind impels a ship.

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   What does compulsion mean?

   • If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it. ...the introduction of legislation to compel cyclists to wear a helmet. [VERB noun to-infinitive] Leonie's mother was compelled to take in washing to help support her family. [VERB noun to-infinitive] 2. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What does compeller mean in English?

   • Send us feedback about these examples. Middle English compeller "to coerce, force, constrain," borrowed from Anglo-French compeller, borrowed from Latin compellere "to drive together, force to go, force (to a view, course of action)," from com- com- + pellere "to beat against, push, strike, rouse, impel" — more at pulse entry 1

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     COMPEL meaning: 1. to force someone to do something: 2. to...

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     COMPEL translate: obligar, forzar, imponer, suscitar,...

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     COMPEL translate: zmuszać. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     COMPEL translate: บังคับ. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Compel means to force or drive someone to do something. Even if you don't like toast, when you visit the toast-eating natives of Shrintakook Island, you'll be compelled to eat it, or they will not trust you.

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   to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him. Synonyms: coerce, oblige, constrain. to secure or bring about by force. to force to submit; subdue. Synonyms: bend, overpower. to overpower.

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   to force somebody to do something; to make something necessary. compel somebody to do something The law can compel fathers to make regular payments for their children. I feel compelled to write and tell you how much I enjoyed your book. The court has powers to compel witnesses to attend.

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