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COMPEL,
1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly to constrain to oblige to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
Thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bound servant. Levit. 25.
And they compel one Simon--to bear his cross. Mark 15 .
Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. Luke 14 .
Circumstances compel us to practice economy.
2. To force to take by force, or violence to seize.
The subjects grief comes through commissions, which compel from each a sixth part of his substance.
3. To drive together to gather to unite in a crowd or company. A Latinism, compellere gregem.
In one troop compelled.
4. To seize to overpower to hold.
And easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.
5. To call forth, L. compeller.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Compel'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/compel.html.
Entry for 'Compel'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/compel.html.
