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English word compel comes from Latin pellere, Latin con-, Latin pulsare, Latin -one(-onem|m), and later Middle French compellir (To compel; to force someone to do something.)
pellere (Latin)
con- (Latin)
Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.
pulsare (Latin)
-one(-onem|m) (Latin)
com- (Latin)
compello (Latin)
I accuse. I address, accost. I challenge. I compel, incite, impel, drive, force. I rebuke.
compellere (Latin)
compellir (Middle French)
To compel; to force someone to do something.
compellen (Middle English)
compel (English)
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.. (obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.. (obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.. (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.. (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (Can we add an example for this sense?).