2 uses
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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
- I am conscious of this irresistible feeling in my heart, and it compels me irresistibly.Book 4 — Lacerations (52% in)
- "Unfortunately I feel myself compelled to go to this confounded dinner," said Miuesov with the same irritability, regardless of the fact that the monk was listening.Book 2 — An Unfortunate Gathering (73% in)
There are no more uses of "compel" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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