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<h1>Compeer</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*peer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[OE. <ets>comper</ets>, through French fr. L. <ets>compar</ets>; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>par</ets> equal. See <er>Peer</er> an equal, and cf. 1st <er>Compare</er>.]</ety> <def>An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.</def>

<blockquote>And him thus answer 'd soon his bold <b>compeer</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compeer</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*peer"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be equal with; to match.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>In my rights, By me invested, he <b>compeers</b> the best. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compeer, Compeir</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw><hw>Com*peer"</hw>, <hw>Com*peir"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Conpear</er>.</def>

<h1>Compel</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Compelled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt> <er>Compelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>compellere</ets>, <ets>compilstum</ets>, to drive together, to compel, urge; <ets>com-</ets> + pellere to drive: cf. OF. <ets>compellir</ets>. See <er>Pulse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.</def>

<blockquote>Wolsey . . . <b>compelled</b> the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And they <b>compel</b> one Simon . . . to bear his cross. <i>Mark xv. 21.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Commissions, which <b>compel</b> from each The sixth part of his substance. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.</def>

<blockquote>Easy sleep their weary limbs <b>compelled</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I <b>compel</b> all creatures to my will. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To gather or unite in a crowd or company.</def> <mark>[A Latinism]</mark> "In one troop <b>compelled</b>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To call forth; to summon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<blockquote>She had this knight from far <b>compelled</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See <er>Coerce</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Com*pel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make one yield or submit.</def> "If she can not entreat, I can not <i>compel</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Compellable</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pel"la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being compelled or constrained.</def>