COMPEL

compel. Compel, v.t. to force, oblige, constrain, drive

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Com‐pel″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compelling.] [[L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.]] 1. 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. 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. 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. 4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. “In one troop compelled.” Dryden.
5. 5. To call forth; to summon. Chapman.
She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser. Syn. — To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce.