compel

1. (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up.Examples: "The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall."archaicliterallytransitive

2. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.Examples: "She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man."transitive

3. (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.Examples: "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."transitive

4. (transitive) To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).Examples: "As the novel progresses, it picks up a propulsive energy, the kind that compels you to keep reading straight through to the end."transitive

5. (transitive) To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).transitive

6. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.Examples: "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."transitive