2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.]
Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance.
Shak.
3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.
Dryden.
I compel all creatures to my will.
Tennyson.
4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden.
5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman.
She had this knight from far compelled.
Spenser.
Syn. — To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce.
Compel
(Com*pel") v. i. To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can compel." Shak.
Compellable
(Com*pel"la*ble) a. Capable of being compelled or constrained. Blackstone.
Compellably
(Com*pel"la*bly), adv. By compulsion.
Compellation
(Com`pel*la"tion) n. [L. compellatio, fr. compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.]
Style of address or salutation; an appellation. "Metaphorical compellations." Milton.
He useth this endearing compellation, "My little children."
Bp. Beveridge.
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by "Sire," which is nothing else but father.
Sir W.
Temple.
Compellative
(Com*pel"la*tive) n. (Gram.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
Compellatory
(Com*pel"la*to*ry) a. Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]
Compeller
(Com*pel"ler) n. One who compels or constrains.
Compend
(Com"pend) n. A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law.
Bp. Burnet.
Compendiarious
(Com*pen`di*a"ri*ous) a. [L. compendiarius.] Short; compendious. [Obs.] Bailey.
Compendiate
(Com*pen"di*ate) v. t. [L. compendiatus, p. p. of compendiare to shorten, fr. compendium.]
To sum or collect together. [Obs.] Bp. King.
Compendious
(Com*pen"di*ous) a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance or general principles
of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
More compendious and expeditious ways.
Woodward.
Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority — that it be compendious, sententious,
and delectable.
Sir T. Elyot.
Syn. — Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.
