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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  Compel
       
          COMpute ParallEL
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the
              whole subsidy at once.                --Hallam.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
                                                    --Mark xv. 21.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to
        extort. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Commissions, which compel from each
              The sixth part of his substance.      --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I compel all creatures to my will.    --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]
        ``In one troop compelled.'' --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser.
  
     Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See
          Coerce.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Compel \Com*pel"\, v. i.
     To make one yield or submit. ``If she can not entreat, I can
     compel.'' --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]
       [also: compelling, compelled]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (μτβ) αναγκάζω, εξαναγκάζω, υποχρεώνω, τον κάνω να κάνει κάτι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic literally) To drive together, round up
  (rfex: en)
     2 (lb en transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
     3 (lb en transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
     4 (lb en transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
     6 (lb en obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
     7 (lb en obsolete) To call forth; to summon.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic literally) To drive together, round up
  (rfex: en)
     2 (lb en transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
     3 (lb en transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
     4 (lb en transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
     6 (lb en obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
     7 (lb en obsolete) To call forth; to summon.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic literally) To drive together, round up
  (rfex: en)
     2 (lb en transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
     3 (lb en transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
     4 (lb en transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
     6 (lb en obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
     7 (lb en obsolete) To call forth; to summon.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic literally) To drive together, round up
  (rfex: en)
     2 (lb en transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
     3 (lb en transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
     4 (lb en transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
     6 (lb en obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
     7 (lb en obsolete) To call forth; to summon.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     Englanti vb.
     1 käskeä, painostaa, taivuttaa, pakottaa
     2 aikaansaada

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  compel
     Engelska vb.
     tvinga, pressa till att göra något, nödga, driva, framtvinga, tvinga
  till, tilltvinga sig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  dwing, verplig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  أرغم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  compel //kəmˈpɛl// 
  1. съби́рам
  drive together, round up
  2. наси́лвам, принужда́вам
  exact by force
  3. заста́вя, заста́вям, прину́дя, принужда́вам
  force, constrain or coerce
  4. подчиня́вам
  overpower

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/ 
  donutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  přinutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  nutit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/ 
  gorfodi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/ 
  erzwingen 
           Note: von
   see: compelling, compelled
  
           Note: from

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/ 
  zwingen, nötigen 
        "he/she compels"  - er/sie zwingt
        "I/he/she compelled"  - ich/er/sie zwang
        "compel to do sth."  - zwingen, etw. zu tun
   see: compelling, compelled, compelling reasons
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  
  εξαναγκάζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  compel //kəmˈpɛl// 
  1. ajaa kokoon, koota
  drive together, round up
  2. johdattaa, johtaa
  exact by force
  3. pakottaa, ajaa
  force, constrain or coerce
  4. alistaa
  overpower

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  compel /kəmpel/
  imposer, obliger, obliger à

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/ 
  1. विवश~करना
        "We compel all students to fill out this form"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  natjerati, primorati, prinuditi

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  costringere, forzare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  compel //kəmˈpɛl// 
  強いる
  force, constrain or coerce

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  compel /kəmpel/
  coercere

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  compel /kəm'pel/ 
  1. priversti
  2. patraukti, prikaustyti (dėmesį ir pan.)

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  compel //kəmˈpɛl// 
  tvinge
  force, constrain or coerce

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  compel /kəmˈpel/ 
   1.  zmuszać
   2.  [form]  zwracać, przyciągać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  compel /kəmpel/
  constranger, forçar, obrigar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  compel /kəmpel/
  forzar, obligar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  compel //kəmˈpɛl// 
  tvinga
  force, constrain or coerce

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  compel /kəmpˈɛl/
  1. (-Ied, -ling) zorlamak, icbar etmek, mecbur etmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kəmˈpɛɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "compel":
     actuate, animate, beat down, beset, bind, break, browbeat,
     bulldoze, bully, castrate, cause, cause to, clamp down on, coerce,
     concuss, constrain, cow, daunt, despotize, dictate, domineer,
     domineer over, drive, drive on, energize, enforce, enslave, force,
     forward, foster, galvanize, give an impetus, give momentum, goad,
     grind, grind down, grip, have, henpeck, hold, impel, incite,
     infatuate, insist upon, intimidate, keep down, keep under,
     lord it over, make, motivate, move, move to action, necessitate,
     not let go, oblige, obsess, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster,
     override, possess, power, preoccupy, press heavy on, promote,
     propel, put in motion, repress, restrain, ride over,
     ride roughshod over, set agoing, set going, set in motion, shotgun,
     spark, stimulate, subjugate, suppress, terrorize, thrust, tie,
     trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize,
     tyrannize over, unman, use force upon, walk all over, walk over,
     weigh heavy on, whip on
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 强迫,迫使;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 推动,强迫,胁迫,迫使

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