Compel
WordNet
verb
(1) Make someone do something
(2) Force or compel somebody to do something
"We compel all students to fill out this form"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From compellen, from compellir, from compellere, itself from com- 'together' + pellere 'to drive'
Verb
- To drive together, round up
- Sheep dogs masterly compell the herd.
- To overpower; to subdue
- 1917, Upton Sinclair, King Coal, ch. 16,
- She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.
- 1917, Upton Sinclair, King Coal, ch. 16,
- To force, constrain or coerce
- Logic compells the wise, fools feel compelled by emotions instead
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act 5, sc. 1,
- Against my will, / As Pompey was, am I compell'd to set / Upon one battle all our liberties.
- To exact, extort, (make) produce by force
- 1912, L. Frank Baum, Sky Island, ch. 14,
- The Queen has nothing but the power to execute the laws, to adjust grievances and to compel order.
- 1912, L. Frank Baum, Sky Island, ch. 14,