All 4 Uses
compel
in
Story of My Life
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- She was covered with dirt—the remains of mud pies I had compelled her to eat, although she had never shown any special liking for them.†
Chpt 9 *compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- In order to make the matter clear, I must set forth the facts connected with this episode, which justice to my teacher and to myself compels me to relate.†
Chpt 14compels = forces; or (more rarely) convinces
- Debarred from the great highways of knowledge, I was compelled to make the journey across country by unfrequented roads—that was all; and I knew that in college there were many bypaths where I could touch hands with girls who were thinking, loving and struggling like me.†
Chpt 20compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- Still there is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end.†
Chpt 21
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)