Both Uses of
compel
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- He agreed with the captain of a New York sloop for my passage, under the notion of my being a young acquaintance of his, that had got a naughty girl with child, whose friends would compel me to marry her, and therefore I could not appear or come away publicly.†
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- It was proposed to send an armed force immediately into these counties, to seize as many of the best carriages and horses as should be wanted, and compel as many persons into the service as would be necessary to drive and take care of them.†
Definition:
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(compel) to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something