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recompel

recompel verb: to compel again.

Verb

recompel (third-person singular simple present recompels, present participle recompelling, simple past and past participle recompelled)

  1. (transitive) To compel again.

Forms of recompel

third-person singular presentrecompels
present participlerecompelling
past participlerecompelled
pastrecompelled

Origin of recompel

From re- + compel.

Questions about recompel

What does recompel mean?
Recompel means to compel again.
What part of speech is recompel?
Recompel is a verb.
What is the past tense of recompel?
The past tense of recompel is recompelled.

Words near recompel in the dictionary

  1. recompartmentalize
  2. recompartmentalized
  3. recompartmentalizes
  4. recompartmentalizing
  5. recomped
  6. recompel
  7. recompelled
  8. recompelling
  9. recompels
  10. recompence
  11. recompenced

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