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compel

English

  1. 🔊 force somebody to do something
    “We compel all students to fill out this form”
  2. 🔊 necessitate or exact
    “the water shortage compels conservation”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 astringir to compel
  2. 🔊 compeler to compel
  3. 🔊 forzar to compel, force

Similar words

oblige obligate actuate animate beat down beset bind break browbeat bulldoze bully castrate cause cause to clamp down on coerce concuss constrain cow daunt despotize dictate domineer domineer over