Both Uses of
compel
in
Julius Caesar
- 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
Definition:
to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something
Most typically, compel describes an external influence forcing someone to do something, but it can also describe being driven by an internal desire.