Compel
Compel , transitive verb
[Latin compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: compare Old French 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.
And they compel one Simon... to bear his cross.
2.
To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [Rare]
Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance.
3.
To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.
I compel all creatures to my will.
4.
To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]
In one troop compelled.
5.
To call forth; to summon. [Obsolete] — Chapman
She had this knight from far compelled.
Compel , intransitive verb
To make one yield or submit.
If she can not entreat, I can compel.