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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Compel

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  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Compel

COMPEL, verb transitive

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

Thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bound servant. Leviticus 25:39.

And they compel one Simon--to bear his cross. Mark 15:21.

Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. Luke 14:23.

Circumstances compel us to practice economy.

2. To force; to take by force, or violence; to seize.

The subjects grief comes through commissions, which compel from each a sixth part of his substance.

3. To drive together; to gather; to unite in a crowd or company. A Latinism, compellere gregem.

In one troop compelled.

4. To seize; to overpower; to hold.

And easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.

5. To call forth, Latin compeller.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Compellable

COMPELLABLE, adjective That may be driven, forced or constrained.


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Compellably

COMPELLABLY, adverb By compulsion.


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Compellation

COMPELLATION, noun Style or manner of address; the word of salutation.

The compellation of the Kings of France is by sire.


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Compelled

COMPELLED, participle passive Forced; constrained; obliged.


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Compeller

COMPELLER, noun One who compels or constrains.


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Compelling

COMPELLING, participle present tense Driving by force; constraining; obliging.