n. Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [ Poetic. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.
v. i. To make one yield or submit. “If she can not entreat, I can compel.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being compelled or constrained. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By compulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. compellatio, fr. compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel. ] Style of address or salutation; an appellation. “Metaphorical compellations.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He useth this endearing compellation, “My little children.” Bp. Beveridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by “Sire, ” which is nothing else but father. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Gram.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Serving to compel; compulsory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who compels or constrains. [ 1913 Webster ]
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