Compel /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Compelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Compelling

1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

   Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.

   And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.

2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.]

   Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance.

3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

   Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.

   I compel all creatures to my will.

4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]
5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.]

   She had this knight from far compelled.

1. To make one yield or submit.