compel

verbeattesté dans les dialogues

//kəmˈpɛl//

To overpower; to subdue.

verbe

1
archaïqueTo drive together, round up.
The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.
2
To overpower; to subdue.
She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.
3
To force, constrain, or coerce.
Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
Congratulations, your courage compels respect.
Against my will, / As Pompey was, am I compell’d to set / Upon one battle all our liberties.
Wolsey […] compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
4
To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).
As the novel progresses, it picks up a propulsive energy, the kind that compels you to keep reading straight through to the end.
5
To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).
6
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.
The Queen has nothing but the power to execute the laws, to adjust grievances and to compel order.
7
obsolèteTo force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Easy sleep their weary limbs compell'd.
And I will fetch you forage from all fields, / For I compel all creatures to my will.
8
obsolèteTo gather or unite in a crowd or company.
in one troop compell'd
9
obsolèteTo call forth; to summon.
She had this knight from far compeld.
the pow'rs that I compel / Shall throw thee hence, and make thy head run ope the gates of hel

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin compellerebor. Middle French compellirbor. Middle English compellen English compel From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English nīedan.

Formes

passé: compelled
participe passé: compelled
participe présent: compelling
3ᵉ personne du singulier: compels

compassion · Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to…compassionate · Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).compatible · Capable of working together without conflict.

compel · To overpower; to subdue.

compelled · Driven; forced.compelling · very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention compensate · To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.

Les pages voisines — L'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.