compel

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1. 1.2. 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.
2. 2.To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson.
3. 3.To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden.
4. 4.To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser. See Coerce.
5. 5.To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can not compel." Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson called?
• What is to gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden called?
• What is to call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser. See Coerce called?
• What is to make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can not compel." Shak called?