compel, oblige, obligate
(verb) force somebody to do something; “We compel all students to fill out this form”
compel
(verb) necessitate or exact; “the water shortage compels conservation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
compel (third-person singular simple present compels, present participle compelling, simple past and past participle compelled)
(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up
(transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
(transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
(transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compelled; p. pr. & vb. n Compelling.] Etym: [L. compellere, compilstum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.]
1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam. And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21.
2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.] Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance. Shak.
3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson.
4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden.
5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.
Syn.
– To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce.
Com*pel", v. i.
Definition: To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can not compel." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2024
(verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something; “We finally decided after lengthy deliberations”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
