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. 1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam. And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21. 2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.] Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance. Shak. 3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson. 4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden. 5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser. Syn. -- To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce. To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can not compel." Shak.
10. To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can notcompel." Shak.
11. v:100 v. force somebody to do something v. necessitate or exact