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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Compel \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. 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Compel \Com*pel"\, v. i. To make one yield or submit. ``If she can not entreat, I can compel.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: compel v 1: force or compel somebody to do something "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: {oblige}, {obligate}] 2: make someone do something [syn: {command}, {require}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Compel {COMpute ParallEL}
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