Both Uses
compel
in
Declaration of Sentiments
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- He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.†
*compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master — the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement.†
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)