Both Uses of
compel
in
Always Running
- I can only take responsibility for the truths I felt compelled to reveal, with the necessary changes in facts and names to protect the innocent and the guilty.†
Chpt Intr. *compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- Even though we had not seen each other for two years since we met during the Mission's Fiesta Days carnival, I felt compelled to confront her.†
Chpt 7
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.