compellen

== Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French compellir. === Verb === compellen (third-person singular simple present compell, present participle compellende, compellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle compelled) to force, coerce (under duress) to urge to induce, compel (an action or event to occur) (of laws or conventions) to obligate to press upon (an enemy) to take by force ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: compel === References === “compellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.