v
(obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To induce.
v
(transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
v
(transitive, Scotland, law) To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
v
(rare) To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people
v
(transitive, idiomatic, informal, often humorous or mildly derogatory) Of a person, to train them; often in a strict fashion that covers the essentials.
n
anything, such as peer pressure, that makes the people in a society behave according to certain norms
v
(transitive) To give power to; imbue with power.
v
(transitive) To solve (a computational problem) by brute force.
v
(obsolete) To compel, constrain, force.
n
(obsolete) force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
adj
(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
v
(transitive) To constrain along with another
v
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
n
(countable) A specific instance of coercing.
adj
Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
v
To exert a combined influence.
v
(transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
v
To force, constrain, or obligate.
n
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
v
(law) To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
v
(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
n
An irresistible force or compulsion.
v
(transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
v
(archaic, transitive) To make ready, prepare.
v
(transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
v
(transitive, dated) To accomplish thoroughly.
n
(law) Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
v
(transitive) To supplement.
v
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To intensify, make stronger, add force to.
adj
Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
n
(rare or obsolete) The exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.
v
(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To be suitable (with or to something).
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To make tentative plans more definite.
n
The act of something being foisted; imposition.
v
(transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
n
(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
v
(transitive) To fulfill; also, to discharge (a legacy).
v
(transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
n
Obsolete form of fit (“section of a poem or ballad”) [The degree to which something fits.]
n
(Britain, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
n
The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance.
v
(transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
v
(transitive) To penetrate into.
v
to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
v
(transitive) To impel; to incite.
v
Obsolete spelling of incur [(transitive) to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to]
v
(transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
v
(intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
n
(obsolete) influence; power.
v
(transitive) to incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
v
(transitive, obsolete) To commit.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
v
To exercise for physical fitness.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
v
To give force or effect toward; to influence.
v
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
v
(transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
v
(transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
n
Inducement or influence by one's peers.
v
(obsolete) To force; to compel.
v
(transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
v
(obsolete) To push, thrust.
v
(transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
v
Alternative form of put one's house in order [(literally) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.]
n
The act of one who refrains from doing something.
v
To take root, become established.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To bring a matter to a full conclusion that deals with all outstanding issues or other concerns.
v
(transitive) To shortchange.
v
To encourage into action.
v
(colloquial) To start behaving properly; get one's act together.
v
(transitive) To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon.
v
(transitive) To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To strew or lay under.
n
One who, or that which, surmounts.
v
(figuratively, obsolete) To influence secretly.
v
(humorous, rare, obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To submit to; put up with.
v
(transitive, obsolete, poetic) To display or set forth.
v
(transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
v
(transitive) to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.
v
(transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
v
(transitive) To make sense of.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare.
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