Thesaurus: compel

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1. v. t. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
2. v. t. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
3. v. t. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
4. v. t. To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
5. v. t. To call forth; to summon.
6. v. i. To make one yield or submit.
7. v. force somebody to do something
8. v. necessitate or exact
9. To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can notcompel." Shak.
10. v:100 v. force somebody to do something v. necessitate or exact