• Synonyms: compel, oblige, obligate
  Meaning: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

• Canst thou also compel stars to revolve around thee?
• They know--you compel me to be blunt--that the accounts have been falsified.
• Such differences compel you to distinguish the world of dreams from the physical world.
• Factories compel great numbers of laborers to live near each other and to work together.
• Therefore every day I must compel them to go back, which they can do, because they are eagles.
• At last Charles himself raised a great army, and went in person to compel the paladin to submit.
• Who shall settle the terms of peace, and in case of disputes what umpire shall decide between them and compel acquiescence?
• Edison says: "I get a suit that fits me; then I compel the tailors to use that as a jig or pattern or blue-print to make others by.
• Each year this hand reaches out to compel the birth of hundreds of thousands of infants who must die before they are twelve months old.
• He promised to take care of her in her old age, and not compel her to labor, so she is only required to cook and wash for a dozen slaves.

0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Presidency of James Madison, License CC BY-SA 4.0