what does compel mean?
COMPEL as VERB
- Meaning
- make someone do something
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Hypernyms(s) compel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- force or compel somebody to do something
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- We compel all students to fill out this form
Hypernyms(s) compel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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