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compeller
com·pel C0525400 (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.] com·pel′la·ble adj.com·pel′la·bly adv.com·pel′ler n.IdiomsSeecompelEncyclopediaSeeCompel |