Synonyms for compel
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhm-pel |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpɛl |
Top 10 synonyms for compel Other synonyms for the word compel
Définition of compel
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French compellir, from Latin compellere "to drive together, drive to one place" (of cattle), "to force or compel" (of persons), from com- "together" (see com-) + pellere "to drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Related: Compelled; compelling.
- verb force to act
- Send an army into Attica, and compel the Athenians to withdraw their forces from Potidaea.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Will you then ostracize the South and compel the abolition of slavery?
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- If he does not mind being whipped, there is nothing to compel him to work for his master.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- No one shall ever compel me to paint a picture again with so much labour.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- These laws surround us and compel us; sometimes they wound us.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- Do not you, who blame my friends for endeavouring to compel me, yourself seek to compel.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- In Washington a House committee was striving still to compel arbitration.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- You say too much; and compel me to tell you that you merit my highest esteem.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- Her unparallel'd rudeness shall not compel me to leave the house, till I please.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- The resolution to which he had come was to compel Clotilde to give her word.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for compel
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