| 释义 | compeller
 com·pelC0525400 (kəm-pĕl′)tr.v. com·pelled, com·pel·ling, com·pels 1.  To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain: The court compelled the company to pay full restitution. My conscience compels me to speak out. See Synonyms at  force.2.  To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand: Growing riots compelled the evacuation of the embassy.3.  To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway: "The land, in a certain, very real way, compels the minds of the people" (Barry Lopez).[Middle English compellen, from Latin compellere : com-, com- + pellere, to drive; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
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