Compel
31compel obedience — index enforce Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
32compel payment — index excise (levy a tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
33compel to accept — index foist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
34compel, impel — These words agree in the idea of using physical or other force to result in a course of action, to cause something to be done. Compel has a greater sense of coercion, of actual force, than does impel: My mounting debts compelled me to seek a loan …
35compel, impel — Both words imply the application of a force leading to some form of action, but they are not quite synonymous. Compel is the stronger of the two and, like its cousin compulsion, suggests action undertaken as a result of coercion or irresistible… …
36compel, impel — Both words imply the application of a force leading to some form of action, but they are not quite synonymous. Compel is the stronger of the two and, like its cousin compulsion, suggests action undertaken as a result of coercion or… …
37compel, impel — Both words imply the application of a force leading to some form of action, but they are not quite synonymous. Compel is the stronger of the two and, like its cousin compulsion, suggests action undertaken as a result of coercion or… …
38compel — transitive verb (compelled; compelling) Etymology: Middle English compellen, from Anglo French compeller, from Latin compellere, from com + pellere to drive more at felt Date: 14th century 1. to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly < hunger …
39compel — Synonyms and related words: actuate, animate, beat down, beset, bind, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, cause, cause to, clamp down on, coerce, concuss, constrain, cow, daunt, despotize, dictate, domineer, domineer over, drive, drive on …
40COMPEL — Compute Parallel ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …
