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compulsing

compulsing is the present participle and gerund 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 compulsing

What is compulsing the present participle and gerund of?
Compulsing is the present participle and gerund of compulse.

Words near compulsing in the dictionary

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

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