Definition of compel

"compel" in the verb sense

1. compel, oblige, obligate

force somebody to do something

"We compel all students to fill out this form"

2. compel

necessitate or exact

"the water shortage compels conservation"

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Quotations for compel

Genius! thou gift of Heaven! thou Light divine!
Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine!
Oft will the body's weakness check thy force,
Oft damp thy Vigour, and impede thy course;
And trembling nerves compel thee to restrain
Thy noble efforts, to contend with pain;
Or Want (sad guest!) will in thy presence come,
And breathe around her melancholy gloom:
To Life's low cares will thy proud thought confine,
And make her sufferings, her impatience, thine. [ Crabbe ]

Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to do? [ Virgil ]

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a man to believe or to disbelieve. [ Carlyle ]

It is often shorter and better to yield to others than to endeavor to compel others to adjust themselves to us. [ La Bruyere ]

Polygamy ought to be obligatory on physicians. It would be only just to compel those who depopulate the world to repopulate it a little.

There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told. [ Lowell ]

compel in Scrabble®

The word compel is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters compel:

COMPEL
(45)
COMPEL
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COMPEL
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word compel

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In compel

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(45)
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CLOMP
(42)
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compel in Words With Friends™

The word compel is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters compel:

COMPEL
(96)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word compel

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In compel

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COMPEL
(84)
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(72)
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(60)
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Words within the letters of compel

2 letter words in compel (4 words)

3 letter words in compel (4 words)

4 letter words in compel (9 words)

5 letter words in compel (1 word)

6 letter words in compel (1 word)

compel + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence compel

Words that start with compel (6 words)

Words with compel in them (3 words)

Words that end with compel (1 word)

Word Growth involving compel

Shorter words in compel

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Longer words containing compel

compellable

compelled uncompelled

compelling compellingly

compelling uncompelling

compels