Both Uses of
compel
in
Leaves of Grass
- You there, impotent, loose in the knees, Open your scarf'd chops till I blow grit within you, Spread your palms and lift the flaps of your pockets, I am not to be denied, I compel, I have stores plenty and to spare, And any thing I have I bestow.†
Chpt 3 *
- 4 Piety and conformity to them that like, Peace, obesity, allegiance, to them that like, I am he who tauntingly compels men, women, nations, Crying, Leap from your seats and contend for your lives!†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(compel) to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something