compel
- Verb. (transitive, archaic) (literally) To drive together, round up.
- Verb. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
- Verb. (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
- Verb. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
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