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Compel Common

Compel has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

force somebody to do something

"We compel all students to fill out this form"

2

necessitate or exact

"the water shortage compels conservation"

3

To drive together, round up

"The farmer compelled all the stray cattle into the pen before dusk."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
induce necessitate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
force walk coerce clamor condemn shame enforce
Rhyming Words
pel opel capel appel impel pipel repel arpel lapel expel cupel rupel stipel propel chapel rumpel rappel keppel hippel sippel
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