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compelling
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compelling
Verb
  • ∙ present participle of compel
Adjective
  • ∙ Requiring urgent attention.
  • ∙ Forceful.
compel
Verb
  • ∙ To drive together, round up transitive, archaic, literally
  • ∙ To overpower; to subdue. transitive
  • ∙ To force, constrain or coerce. transitive
  • ∙ To exact, extort, (make) produce by force. transitive
  • ∙ To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. obsolete
  • ∙ To gather or unite in a crowd or company. obsolete
  • ∙ To call forth; to summon. obsolete
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