To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. Thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bound servant. Leviticus 25:39. And they compel one Simon--to bear his cross. Wark 15:21. Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. Luke 14:23. Circumstances compel us to practice economy.N .

To force; to take by force, or violence; to seize. The subjects grief comes through commissions, which compel from each a sixth part of his substance.

To drive together; to gather; to unite in a crowd or company. A Latinism, compellere gregem. In one troop compelled.

To seize; to overpower; to hold. And easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.

To call forth, L. compeller.