compel

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verb

V_es/s

compels

V_ing/Gerund

compelling

V_ed/pp

compelled

1.
(archaic, literally, transitive)To drive together, round up.
The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.
2.
(transitive)To overpower; to subdue.
3.
(transitive)To force, constrain, or coerce.
Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
Congratulations, your courage compels respect.
4.
(transitive)To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).
5.
(transitive)To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).
6.
(transitive)To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
7.
(obsolete)To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
8.
(obsolete)To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
9.
(obsolete)To call forth; to summon.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (together) + pellere (to drive). Displaced native nīedan.