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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhm-pel
Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpɛl

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Définition of compelled

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French compellir, from Latin compellere "to drive together, drive to one place" (of cattle), "to force or compel" (of persons), from com- "together" (see com-) + pellere "to drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Related: Compelled; compelling.
  • verb force to act
Example sentences :
  • Finally they had been compelled to fire on them, but had not killed any.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • A few shots were exchanged, and Melton was compelled to retreat.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • While traveling that night I was compelled to pass a large plantation.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • I shall be compelled to mention in my report how you and other ladies add to our difficulties.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Now she was compelled to a readjustment: one worked in the night and slept in the day.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • From men it has compelled fear; from women hate; it has cut me off from my kind.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The truth probably is that if she had not gone willingly, she would have been compelled.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I was, perhaps, the more ready to do rightly because I felt that I was not compelled to it.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • In answer to this, I am compelled to say that no such thoughts came over me.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • This compelled us to ship a new set of these men, most of whom were strangers to us.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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