Both Uses
compel
in
Julius Caesar
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- You will compel me, then, to read the will?
p. 127.6 *compel = force
- Give me thy hand, Messala:
Be thou my witness that against my will,
As Pompey was, am I compelled to set
Upon one battle all our liberties.†p. 185.5compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
Definitions:
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(1)
(compel) to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do somethingMost typically, compel describes an external influence forcing someone to do something, but it can also describe being driven by an internal desire. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)