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compulses

compulses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 compulses

What is compulses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compulses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compulse.

Words near compulses in the dictionary

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

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