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Definition of Compels
1. compel [v] - See also: compel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compels
Literary usage of Compels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1860)
"HEB FATHER, SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS, compels A REPETITION OF THE MARRIAGE KICK.
— Si MII I: DISCLOSES THE MARRIAGE TO THE QUEEN. — HER ANGER. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... and deserves punishment. therein of powder, nitro-glycerine, and other explosive
substances, and compels the removal of decayed vegetable and animal ..."
3. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1805)
"Prevost compels Moultrie to retreat....Lincoln attacks the British at the ferry,
but without success....Invasion of Virginia by general Mathews. ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1839)
"(• ^ SECT. IX. The expedition of Seleucus into India. Demetrius compels Cassander
to raise the siege of Athens. The excessive honours paid him in that city. ..."
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