Both Uses of
compel
in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- He leans down and glares so hard at Billy that Billy feels compelled to stutter out that he isn't the buh-buh-buh-bull goose loony yet, though he's next in luh-luh-line for the job.†
Chpt 3 *compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- I feel compelled to defend my friend's honor as a good old red, white, and blue hundred-per-cent American con man.†
Chpt 26
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.