What is to call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser. See Coerce called?
compel — To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser. See Coerce. (Webster's 1913.)
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