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compulse

compulse verb: to force, constrain, or obligate.

Verb

compulse (third-person singular simple present compulses, present participle compulsing, simple past and past participle compulsed)

  1. To force, constrain, or obligate.
    • I didn't choose to. I was compulsed.1987, John Patrick Shanley, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, →ISBN, page 14
    • However, a person can be more or less compulsed as it is possible for the human person to become enlightened, face and work with the particular compulsive style one as adopted.1987, Maureen Conroy, Growing in Love and Freedom, →ISBN, page 20
  2. To behave in a compulsive manner.
    • Fantasize about sex instead of obsessing and compulsing.1997, Mary McClure Goulding, Robert L. Goulding, Changing Lives Through Redecision Therapy, →ISBN, page 207
    • Howard, stop talking! I asked a simple question. You gave me one of your more-than-I-will-ever- want-to-know answers. You are compulsing again.2003, Howard C. Hoffman, Feasting with My King, →ISBN, page 139

compulse meaning in Malayalam

compulse in Malayalam

to compulse
നിർബന്ധിക്കുക niṟbandhikkuka

Examples of compulse in a sentence

  • I'm damned tired of being impressed into service, compulsed into doing things I hate to do.2010, William A. Owens, Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, →ISBN:
  • We are compulsed to this place and put into information that is very twisted already.2012, Julie Rupert, Corld, →ISBN, page 50:

Forms of compulse

third-person singular presentcompulses
present participlecompulsing
past participlecompulsed
pastcompulsed

Questions about compulse

What does compulse mean?
Compulse means to force, constrain, or obligate.
What is compulse in Malayalam?
Compulse in Malayalam is നിർബന്ധിക്കുക (niṟbandhikkuka). See Compulse meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use compulse in a sentence?
I'm damned tired of being impressed into service, compulsed into doing things I hate to do.
What part of speech is compulse?
Compulse is a verb.
What is the past tense of compulse?
The past tense of compulse is compulsed.

Words near compulse in the dictionary

  1. compulsary
  2. compulsative
  3. compulsatively
  4. compulsatorily
  5. compulsatory
  6. compulse
  7. compulsed
  8. compulses
  9. compulsing
  10. compulsion
  11. compulsion loop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compulse (page history and authors); നിർബന്ധിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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