compel — com·pel /kəm pel/ vt com·pelled, com·pel·ling: to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure and esp. by authority or law cannot compel the defendant to testify the result...is compelled by, the original understanding of the fourteenth… … Law dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Compel — Com*pel , v. i. To make one yield or submit. If she can not entreat, I can compel. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compel — mid 14c., from O.Fr. compellir, from L. compellere to drive together, drive to one place (of cattle), to force or compel (of persons), from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + pellere to drive (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). Related: Compelled … Etymology dictionary
compel attendance — index summon Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
compel attendence — index subpoena Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
compel belief — index convince Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
compel by intimidation — index extort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
compel by threat — index extort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
compel obedience — index enforce Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
compel payment — index excise (levy a tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
