Both Uses
compel
in
Military-Industrial Complex Speech
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- But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.†
*compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.†
compel = force; or (more rarely) convince
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)