Definición de compel en inglés:


Silabificación: com·pel
Pronunciación: /kəmˈpel

verbo (compels, compelling, compelled)

[with object]
1Force or oblige (someone) to do something: [with object and infinitive]: a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions
Más ejemplos en oraciones
  • He could leave for Philadelphia with his new bride as planned, but duty compels him to stay and meet his fate.
  • Blood binds us, duty compels us to serve the Throne, to give up our lives if need be to protect those upon the Throne and those destined by fate to ascend to it when the time comes.
force, pressure, press, push, urge; dragoon, browbeat, bully, intimidate, strong-arm; oblige, require, make
informal lean on, put the screws on
exact, extort, demand, insist on, force, necessitate
1.1Bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure: they may compel a witness’s attendance at court by issue of a summons
Más ejemplos en oraciones
  • On two occasions the applicant was forced to bring motions to compel payment.
  • Crucially he or she will have statutory powers to both summon witnesses and compel evidence.
1.2 literary Drive forcibly: by heav’n’s high will compell’d from shore to shore


late Middle English: from Latin compellere, from com- 'together' + pellere 'drive'.

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