All 5 Uses
compel
in
Here, There be Dragons by Owen
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- "The Green Knights are compelled to service," Bert said as they followed the knight's lead and began walking counterclockwise around the perimeter of the island.†
Chpt 1.4compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- "I'll not argue with you, old friend," said the knight, nodding back at Bert, "but one might say I was as compelled as all the rest."†
Chpt 1.4 *
- How it is done, I cannot tell—all I know is what the stories say: that the Winter King somehow steals and traps the shadows of his victims, and forever after compels them to serve him.†
Chpt 3.9compels = forces; or (more rarely) convinces
- "They wouldn't join you, so you stole their spirits and compelled them to serve you," said Bert.†
Chpt 3.9compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- Worse, their spirits—their Shadows—would then be compelled to his service.†
Chpt 3.11
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)