vi to make one yield or submit.
2. compel ·vt to gather or unite in a crowd or company.
3. compel ·vt to call forth; to summon.
4. compel ·vt to force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
5. compel ·vt to take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
6. compel ·vt to drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.