Dictionary Entry
compel
compel is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
- 2transitive verb
To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
- 3transitive verb
To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
- 4transitive verb
To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
- 5transitive verb
To call forth; to summon.
- 6intransitive verb
To make one yield or submit.
- 7verb
force somebody to do something
"We compel all students to fill out this form"
- 8verb
necessitate or exact
"the water shortage compels conservation"
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