Compel

Definition of Compel

Com`pel´

v. t.	1.	To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. [imp. & p. p. Compelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Compelling.] 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. 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.
	5.	To call forth; to summon. She had this knight from far compelled. - Spenser.
v. i.	1.	To make one yield or submit.

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