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compellest

compellest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of compel.

Meaning of compel

Verb

compel (third-person singular simple present compels, present participle compelling, simple past and past participle compelled)

  1. (archaic, literally, transitive) To drive together, round up.
    • The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.
  2. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
    • She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.1917, Upton Sinclair, chapter 16, in King Coal
  3. (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
    • Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
  4. (transitive) To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).
    • As the novel progresses, it picks up a propulsive energy, the kind that compels you to keep reading straight through to the end.November 1, 2022, J. Courtney Sullivan, “In Northern Ireland During the Troubles, a Secret Romance”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    necessitate
  5. (transitive) To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).
  6. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
    • Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...

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Origin of compellest

compel + -est

Questions about compellest

What is compellest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compellest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of compel.

Words near compellest in the dictionary

  1. compelledly
  2. compellence
  3. compellent
  4. compeller
  5. compellers
  6. compellest
  7. compelleth
  8. compelling
  9. compelling testimony
  10. compellingly
  11. compellingness

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