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Cloud-compeller
Cloud-compeller Cloud"-com*pel`ler, n.
Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [Poetic.]
--Pope.
Compellable
Compellable Com*pel"la*ble, a.
Capable of being compelled or constrained. --Blackstone.
Compellably
Compellably Com*pel"la*bly, adv.
By compulsion.
CompellationCompellation Com`pel*la"tion, n. [L. compellatio, fr.
compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.]
Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
``Metaphorical compellations.' --Milton.
He useth this endearing compellation, ``My little
children.' --Bp.
Beveridge.
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by
``Sire,' which is nothing else but father. --Sir W.
Temple. Compellative
Compellative Com*pel"la*tive, n. (Gram.)
The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
Compellatory
Compellatory Com*pel"la*to*ry, a.
Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]
CompelledCompel 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 force; to
constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical
or moral force.
Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the
whole subsidy at once. --Hallam.
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
--Mark xv. 21.
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.
3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden.
I compel all creatures to my will. --Tennyson.
4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]
``In one troop compelled.' --Dryden.
5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman.
She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser.
Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See
Coerce. Compeller
Compeller Com*pel"ler, n.
One who compels or constrains.
CompellingCompel 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 force; to
constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical
or moral force.
Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the
whole subsidy at once. --Hallam.
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
--Mark xv. 21.
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.
3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden.
I compel all creatures to my will. --Tennyson.
4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]
``In one troop compelled.' --Dryden.
5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman.
She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser.
Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See
Coerce.
Meaning of Compell from wikipedia
- his crew
Mather scolded them: "You have
something within you, that will
compell you to confess, That the
Things which you have done, are most Unreasonable...
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their cruel rapacities upon the poor
ignorant People their followers,
compell these to Sett up Cæsar, a
Demagogue to be a
Monarch and Master, pour mettre...
- free a demon, Clara.
Clara is then
shown using her
powers on
Grant and
compells him to free Samantha, whom she
instructs to
leave her
behind and flee for...
- And
steals our Life away.
Virtue and Truth, driv'n to
Despair Its Rage
compells to fly, But
cherishes with ****ish Care Theft, Murder, Perjury. ****ed...
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argued a
strong case for
government regulation of
streaming platforms to
compell them to
invest in
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which Zubrycki...
- Zeng Jian (SGP) Clarence Chew (SGP) 11 11 11 Brian Mutua (KEN) Jenny
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- huge
problem here is how to
reject and
eliminate ss much ss
possible what
compells us to be
related merely to
particular elements, for example,
feelings and...
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former dam up the
small channels of the
river between the
islands and
compell the
river in
these parts to make
other channels;
which as soon as it has...
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Washington out of his House, and
effect a
Revolution in the Government, or
compell it to
declare War in
favour of the
French Revolution, and
against England...
- community.
Gregory Vlastos, a
leading interpreter of Plato,
remarked that it "
compell[ed] one to
reconsider many
things one has
previously taken for granted"...
