"compel" meaning in Englisch

See compel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: kəmˡpel Audio: En-us-compel.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present compel, he compels, she compels, it compels, simple past compelled, present participle compelling, past participle compelled
  1. zwingen, nötigen, erzwingen
    Sense id: de-compel-en-verb-OwIIA3tU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: constrain, force, coerce, drive, necessitate, oblige, bend, bow, subdue, subject Derived forms: compellable, compeller Translations (zwingen, nötigen, erzwingen): zwingen (Deutsch), nötigen (Deutsch), erzwingen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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    },
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