Word Definition

Compel

  1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
  2. To make one yield or submit.
  3. To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
  4. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
  5. To call forth; to summon.
  6. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

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