compel 音标拼音: [kəmp'ɛl]
vt . 推动,强迫,胁迫,迫使
推动,强迫,胁迫,迫使
compel v 1 :
force somebody to do something ; "
We compel all students to fill out this form " [
synonym : {
compel }, {
oblige }, {
obligate }]
2 :
necessitate or exact ; "
the water shortage compels conservation "
Compel \
Com *
pel "\,
v .
i .
To make one yield or submit . "
If she can not entreat ,
I can compel ." --
Shak .
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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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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
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