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compulsed

compulsed is the simple past and past participle of compulse.

Meaning of compulse

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
  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

Questions about compulsed

What is compulsed the simple past and past participle of?
Compulsed is the simple past and past participle of compulse.

Words near compulsed in the dictionary

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

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