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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
compel
v 1: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to
fill out this form" [syn: compel, oblige, obligate]
2: necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels
conservation"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Compel \Com*pel"\, v. i.
To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can
compel." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the
whole subsidy at once. --Hallam.
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And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
--Mark xv. 21.
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2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to
extort. [R.]
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Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance. --Shak.
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3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
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Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden.
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I compel all creatures to my will. --Tennyson.
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4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In
one troop compelled." --Dryden.
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5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser.
Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See
Coerce.
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4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
COMpute ParallEL
Compel
(Compel) The first single-assignment language.
["A Language Design for Concurrent Processes", L.G. Tesler et
al, Proc SJCC 32:403-408, AFIPS (Spring 1968)].
(1995-01-19)
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Thesaurus Results for compel:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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