All 3 Uses of
compel
in
Babbitt
- Since national prohibition was now in force, and since Zenith was notoriously law-abiding, they were compelled to keep the cocktails innocent by drinking them out of tea-cups.†
Chpt 7 *
- You must be so excited;" and the proprieties compelled Babbitt and Paul to look excited.†
Chpt 11
- But gosh, I won't be made and compelled to call her up till I get ready.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(compel) to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something