OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 8134

compel

/kəmˈpɛl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
forzar • obligar
To force, constrain, or coerce.
Congratulations, your courage compels respect.
Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
forzar • obligar
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.
The Queen has nothing but the power to execute the laws, to adjust grievances and to compel order.